Redox Properties of CPPs

CPPs also encapsulate higher fullerenes and metallofullerenes size- and orientation selectively. Yamago reported that is encapsulated by [10] and [lljCPPs, 

CPPs of different sizes, CPP derivatives, related tubular molecules, as well as cage-like 3D molecules are now readily available owing to the recently developed bottom-up organic syntheses. The method developed by Bertozzi/Jasti and Itami depends on cyclohexadiene- or cyclohexane-based units as masked PP precursors, which provide the curvature and rigidity necessary for the belt structure and are aromatized after the macrocyclization. Yamago s method relies on the assembly of it units by platinum to form closed-cage compounds by virtue of the bond angle of the cis substitution, and the reductive elimination of platinum completes the synthesis. 

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