Pure Appl. Chem., 2012, Vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 869-878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-CON-11-09-15
Published online 2012-03-01
Arylene–ethynylene macrocycles: Privileged shape-persistent building blocks for organic materials
Abstract:
This report details the advances in synthetic strategies toward arylene–ethynylene macrocycles (AEMs). After a brief description of traditional methods, we summarize recent advances based on dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) whereby a highly active and functional group tolerant alkyne metathesis catalyst yields scalable quantities of AEMs under thermodynamic controlled reaction conditions.
Keywords
alkyne metathesis; alkynes; carbon; carbon-rich; depolymerization; explosives; macrocycles.