Annual Letter Report on ONR (Office of Naval Research) Contract Number N00014-85-K-0228.
Abstract
During the past year, several exciting developments in topological stereochemistry have occurred, both theoretical and experimental. Concerning the theory of topological stereochemistry, the mathematics groups involved in the project have proven several of the conjectures presented in our Tetrahedron report, and exciting work on the topology front is in progress, as described in the report from the University of Iowa part of the consortium. With regard to the synthetic topological stereochemistry under way on the Boulder campus of the UNiversity of Colorado, efforts are, of course, focusing on synthesis of a molecular knotted ring. Recent results in two projects directed towards this goal are discussed in this report, one dealing with development of improved methods for breaking the rungs of the molecular Mobius ladders, and the other dealing with experiments on the four-rung THYME polyethers. A preprint of a paper accepted for publication in Tetrahedron describing this work in detail, is enclosed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 02, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA163124
Entities
Organizations
- University of Colorado Boulder