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Contractive Annulation: A Strategy for the Synthesis of Small,Strained Cyclophanes and Its Application in the Synthesis of [2](6,1)Naphthaleno[1]paracyclophane |
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| Authors: | Sourav Biswas Christopher S Qiu Louise N Dawe Yuming Zhao Graham J Bodwell |
| Abstract: | A new synthetic strategy (contractive annulation) for the synthesis of highly strained cyclophanes has been conceived and its viability has been demonstrated through a nine‐step synthesis of 2](6,1)naphthaleno1]paracyclophane from 2.2]paracyclophane. |
| Keywords: | aromaticity annulations cyclophanes strained molecules synthetic methods |