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Cover Picture: Molecular “Iron Maidens”: Ultrashort Nonbonded Contacts in Cyclophanes and Other Crowded Molecules (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 17/2004)
Author(s) -
Pascal, Robert A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.200490036
Subject(s) - cyclophane , chemistry , cover (algebra) , ring (chemistry) , molecule , closing (real estate) , stereochemistry , computational chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering , political science , law
The cover picture shows the last step in the synthesis of an in ‐cyclophane. Like the medieval “iron maiden”, an instrument of torture in which the closing of a spiked door impaled a victim, the final ring closure forces a functional group into the face of a benzene ring. Details are discussed in the Microreview by R. A. Pascal, Jr. on p. 3763 ff.