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Aromatic Oligoureas:  Enforced Folding and Assisted Cyclization

Aimin Zhang, Yaohua Han, Kazuhiro Yamato, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Bing Gong

Organic Letters · 2006 · 83 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Aromatic oligoureas are forced into well-defined conformation by incorporated intramolecular hydrogen bonds. Shape-persistent tetraureas macrocycles were obtained in a one-step [2+2] reaction in good yields.

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