Structural deformation and host–guest properties of doubly-reduced cycloparaphenylenes, [<i>n</i>]CPPs<sup>2−</sup> (<i>n</i> = 6, 8, 10, and 12)
Zheng Zhou, Zheng Wei, Tobias A. Schaub, Ramesh Jasti, Marina A. Petrukhina
Abstract
The series of doubly-reduced cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) with increasing dimensions and flexibility shows the size-dependent structural changes and enhanced host abilities.
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