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Synfacts 2010(9): 1011-1011  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257914
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Amphiphilic Macrocycles towards Two-Dimensional Organization

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Joel Batson
P. Kissel, J. van Heijst, R. Enning, A. Stemmer, A. Schlüter*, J. Sakamoto*
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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23 August 2010 (online)

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Significance

Construction of supramolecular systems containing anthracene units in a well-­defined order is of particular importance to chemists because of their potential photochemical properties towards photofunctional materials and devices. Here the authors developed a synthetic route for macrocycle 1. Its amphilicity and lack of conformational freedom enable two-dimensional monolayer assembly at an air/water interface.