Synthesis, Conformation, and Complexation Behavior of 2,9,18,25-Tetraoxa(1,4)naphthalenophane

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00330a018

The synthesis of the title compound is described.Evidence is presented for its preferential "face-edge" conformation.Charge-transfer complexation proves to be a classical ?-? interaction with the "face-edge"conformation.There is no evidence for inclusion complexation.Attempted synthesis of substituted analogues of the title compound is described, including novel transformations in the 1,2,4-trisubstituted and 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted naphthalene series.