Chemical Communications · 2003 · 30 citations · 7 references
PharmacyChemistryMedicinal ChemistryDrug DiscoveryOrganic ChemistrySynthetic Medicinal ChemistryHeterocycle SynthesisMacrocycle SynthesisOrganic Electronic MaterialsOrganic SynthesisAlternative Electron AcceptorsElectron-donating GroupsIntramolecular Electron TransferMacrocycle Library SynthesisMacrocycle Scaffold DesignMacrocyclic Library SynthesisScaffold-based Library SynthesisTerminal Electron Acceptors
A novel class of planar, highly conjugated all-carbon macrocycles, which we christened "radiaannulenes", have been prepared based on acetylenic scaffolding using tetraethynylethene (TEE) building blocks; these structures are powerful electron acceptors and, upon peripheral substitution with electron-donating N,N-dialkylanilino groups, display intense intramolecular charge-transfer.
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