Chemistry of Anthracene–Acetylene Oligomers. II. Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of 1,8-Anthrylene–Ethynylene Cyclic Tetramers and Related Acyclic Oligomers
The title π-conjugated oligomers consisting of anthracene and acetylene units were synthesized to construct a new type of three-dimensional organic architecture. An acyclic chain was extended by th...
Molecular folding screens consisting of anthracene plates and acetylene linkers stereoselectively fold into a zigzag form by [4 + 4]photocycloaddition, and unfold by thermal cycloreversion.