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Synfacts 2010(4): 0417-0417  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219610
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Fluorophore-Appended Resorcin[4]arene Cavitands

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Joel Batson
L. D. Shirtcliff, H. Xu, F. Diederich*
ETH ZÜrich, Switzerland
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22 March 2010 (online)

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Significance

With suitable rim functionalization of cavitands, and complete conformational understanding of their vase-kite transformation, interactions present in the two states can translate into different physical properties that can be utilized to quantify the switching processes.