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Introduction and General Principles

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Macrocyclic Polyether Syntheses

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There are many developments which predate Pedersen’s first papers on crown ether chemistry26, 27, and it would be thoughtless indeed to ignore them. The nitrogen macrocycles had been studied for decades prior to 196736 and polyethers and macrocyclic polyethers had been obtained years before from the cycloligomerization of ethylene oxide34. At about the same time, cation complexation by naturally occurring polyoxygen containing species was established31 and the “self-solvating bases” described by Ugelstad35 bear a striking resemblance to what we now call “crown complexation”. Nevertheless, the beginning of crown ether chemistry is generally dated from Pedersen’s first disclosures in 1967 because he not only prepared many examples of these compounds, but he recognized clearly their potential as complexing agents. It is largely for the latter reason that Liittringhaus, who was clearly a pioneer in this area20–23, is not more widely credited with his early preparations of these compounds.

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Gokel, G.W., Korzeniowski, S.H. (1982). Introduction and General Principles. In: Macrocyclic Polyether Syntheses. Reactivity and Structure Concepts in Organic Chemistry, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68451-7_1

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