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NUCLEOPHILIC RING CLEAVAGE OF CROWN ETHERS, NOVEL METHOD FOR BUILDING UP CROWN ETHER RINGS
Agai, Bela,Bitter, Istvan,Hell, Zoltan,Szoelloesy, Aron,Toeke, Laszlo
, p. 2705 - 2708 (2007/10/02)
The crown ether rings in 4-nitrobenzo-15-crown-5 and -18-crown-6 are cleaved by aqueous alkali affording long chain substituted pyrocatechols which proved to be good starting material for constructing crown ether rings other than the original one.
