cyclophane
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[[Image:CyclophaneTypes.svg|thumb|440px|right|Structures of some fundamental cyclophanes: [n]-paracyclophanes (left), [n]-metacyclophanes, and [n.n]paracyclophanes (right).]]
Research
1,117 papers- Bacterial cyclophane-containing RiPPs from radical SAM enzymes.Natural product reports · 2024
- Photofunctional cyclophane host-guest systems.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2025
- Approaches to Cyclophane-Types of Cyclopeptide Alkaloids.Chemical record (New York, N.Y.) · 2021
- Cyclophane-Based Dendrimers: Today and Tomorrow.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- Peptide Recognition and Mechanism of the Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Multiple Cyclophane Synthase ChlB.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- [n]-Cyclophanes
- Structures
- Reactivity
- NMR properties
- Synthesis
- Naturally occurring [n]-cyclophanes
- [n.n]Paracyclophanes
- Janusene
- Phanes
- See also
- General sources
- References
[[Image:CyclophaneTypes.svg|thumb|440px|right|Structures of some fundamental cyclophanes: [n]-paracyclophanes (left), [n]-metacyclophanes, and [n.n]paracyclophanes (right).]]
In organic chemistry, a cyclophane is a hydrocarbon consisting of an aromatic unit (typically a benzene ring) and a chain that forms a bridge between two non-adjacent positions of the aromatic ring. More complex derivatives with multiple aromatic units and bridges forming cagelike structures are also known. Cyclophanes are well-studied examples of strained organic compounds.
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