A tubular macrocycle from covalently linked anthracenes and meta-phenylene spacers?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2012-03-30 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31383A

Abstract

A novel tubular macrocycle containing four anthracene panels covalently linked by meta-phenylene spacers was synthesized. The tube is approximately 1 nm long with anthracene panels delimiting a columnar cavity with a diameter of ~1 nm and exhibits strong blue fluorescence.

Graphical abstract: A tubular macrocycle from covalently linked anthracenes and meta-phenylene spacers
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