Macrolides, description

The range of synthetic problems in this volume is also impressive including alkaloids, heterocycles, macrolides, terpenoids, polyketides, designed targets, sensors and many other systems that defy easy description. Infused in these analyses is the preeminent importance of step economy as it is becoming increasingly clear that the length of a synthesis influences if not determines most other economies and measures. This is clearly addressed by several contributors and perhaps... 

The polymerizability of macrolides is expected to be much lower than that of CL or DXO because of the strain-free character of the large-sized rings. Only a few studies have been reported on polyesters derived from macrolactones by nonmethods, although in some of these no detailed description of the polymerization method has been provided. Skoglund and Fransson, for example, reported the thermophysical properties of polytridecanolactone and polypentadecanolactone, but failed to describe their method of preparation [23, 24]. 

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