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Crown Ethers with Fluctuating Ring Size (“Breathing Crown Ethers”)
Author(s) -
Schröder Gerhard,
Witt Walter
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197903111
Subject(s) - ring size , crown (dentistry) , ring (chemistry) , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material
Novel compounds of variable ring size have been obtained by combining structural components of bullvalence and crown ethers. The macrocyclic part can become reversibly larger or smaller depending upon the supply of thermal enenrgy.