NOVEL MACROCYCLES EMBEDDING p,p?-TERPHENYL UNITS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS

In this study we report the design and efficient synthesis of new macrocycles containing p,p'-terphenyl and oxime units. The structures of the reported macrocycles were fully characterized by NMR and HRMS, as well as by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In addition, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed in order to gain more information about the conformational behavior of the reported macrocycles.