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9780471931997
A concise introduction & critical review of the field of bridged aromatic compounds. Surveys the syntheses, stereochemistry & unusual reactions of these compounds, whereby the interdisciplinary & multidisciplinary contexts & beauty of the molecular architecture are shown & emphasized. Commences with nomenclature; introduces strained hydrocarbons; discusses transannular steric & electronic effects; considers larger ring cyclophanes; concludes with calixarenes, spherands, porphyrinophanes, naturally occurring, exotic & multilayered phanes. Features a contemporary study on topical cyclophane host compounds.Vögtle, Fritz is the author of 'Cyclophane Chemistry Synthesis, Structures and Reactions' with ISBN 9780471931997 and ISBN 0471931993.
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