Synthesis and structural characterization of cyclic aryl ethers

Abstract

The facile preparation of macrocyclic ethers is achieved using S _NAr reactions of (dichlorobenzene)CpFe ⁺ complexes with various dinucleophiles, followed by photolytic demetallation; X-ray crystallography gives unequivocal structural proof for one of these macrocycles.

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