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Synfacts 2011(3): 0267-0267  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259432
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Odd- and Even-Numbered Cyclopara-phenylenes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jan M. Schnorr
H. Omachi, S. Matsuura, Y. Segawa, K. Itami*
Nagoya University, Japan
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16 February 2011 (online)

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Significance

[n]Cycloparaphenylenes ([n]CPPs) are considered promising precursors for the selective synthesis of [n,n] single-walled carbon ­nanotubes. The authors demonstrate a modular route yielding [n]CPPs for n = 14-16 (4a-c).