Duplexiphane: a polyaromatic receptor containing two adjoined Delta-shaped cavities for an efficient hopping of a

Susanna J Emond1, Paromita Debroy, Rajendra Rathore

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.

Organic Letters
|January 1, 2008
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