Furanophane 2 has been converted via benzyne addition/aromatisation in
to the naphthafurophanes 5 and 8. The X-ray structure of the diepoxydi
naphthofurophane intermediate 6 is also reported. A preliminary dynami
c NMR analysis of the conformational behaviour of 8 is presented. Copy
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