Abstract
Described in this study is the ability of tetrabutylammonium salts (TBAX) to mediate an efficient mono- or di-demethylation removing one or two out of five aromatic methoxy methyl groups situated in similar chemical microenvironments in a H-bonded macrocyclic aromatic pentamer. These demethylations are found to be both chemo- and regioselective, and promoted by the H-bonding directed folding of the macrocyclic backbone.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4164-4171 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 21 |
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| State | Published - Jun 7 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry