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Pure Appl. Chem., 2006, Vol. 78, No. 4, pp. 783-789

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200678040783

Development of quadrupolar engaging auxiliaries as novel gearing elements for macrocyclization

Shawn K. Collins and Yassir El-Azizi

Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada

Abstract: The formation of various macrocyclic cyclophanes via ring-closing olefin metathesis is possible through the use of a pendant pentafluorobenzyl ester group. A quadrupolar interaction between the cyclophane core and the auxiliary is proposed to act as a gearing element facilitating cyclization. The development of these noncovalent interactions as gearing elements as well as the investigation of the effect of the site of metathesis upon the macrocyclization process is described.