Fluid Mechanics: Open Access

Associate Professor, University of Alexandria Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania

Publications

• Editorial   
  Intramolecular interactions in paracyclophanes
  Author(s): Birsa ML*
  
  Since its discovery in 1949 by Brown and Farthing, paracyclophane has been intensely studied by chemists. Consisting of two benzene rings bound together by two ethano bridges, the paracyclophane core can undergo chemical transformations specific to both aliphatic and aromatic compounds, resulting in a wide variety of functionalized paracyclophanes. Because of the rigid molecular framework provided by the paracyclophane moiety and its short interannular distance, functional groups in pseudo-geminally substituted paracyclophanes are often held in such a position as to allow highly specific reactions to take place between them. Both the parent hydrocarbon and its derivatives have been used in asymmetric catalysis, optoelectronics and polymer synthesis. Acetylene-substituted paracyclophanes are important because of the ability of the acetylene moiety to easily undergo coupling an.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2476-2296.2021.8.e114

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