Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes
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Cercosporin-Photocatalyzed [4+1]- and [4+2]-Annulations of Azoalkenes Under Mild Conditions
Published on: July 17, 2020
Sambasivarao Kotha1, Mukesh Eknath Shirbhate1, Gopalkrushna T Waghule1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076, India.
Abstract:
In this review we cover various approaches to meta- and paracyclophanes involving popular reactions. Generally, we have included a strategy where the reaction was used for assembling the cyclophane skeleton for further functionalization. In several instances, after the cyclophane is made several popular reactions are used and these are not covered here. We included various natural products related to cyclophanes. To keep the length of the review at a manageable level the literature related to orthocyclophanes was not included.
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