The present invention can provide a method for producing 1,2,3,5,6-pentathiepane, comprising Steps A and B: Step A: a step of synthesizing a tetrathiocarbonate in a protic solvent; and Step B: a step of carrying out reaction between the tetrathiocarbonate and a dihalogenated methane in a mixed solvent (where the mass ratio of a protic solvent and an aprotic solvent is 13:87-38:62).

The present invention can provide a method for producing 1,2,3,5,6-pentathiepane, comprising Steps A and B: Step A: a step of synthesizing a tetrathiocarbonate in a protic solvent; and Step B: a step of carrying out reaction between the tetrathiocarbonate and a dihalogenated methane in a mixed solvent (where the mass ratio of a protic solvent and an aprotic solvent is 13:87-38:62).

Disclosed herein is a novel method for preparing cyclophanes, comprising forming a disulfide cyclophane by contacting a linker moiety which includes two or more thiol groups, with a metal salt and an oxidant. The disulfide cyclophane is then desulfurized to form a thiacyclophane comprising thioether bridges. This thiacyclophane optionally may be further desulfurized to form an unsaturated hydrocarbon cyclophane, which can then be reduced to form a saturated hydrocarbon cyclophane. The various cyclophanes can be synthesized in a ring form, such as a dimer, trimer or tetramer etc., or they can be synthesized in a tetrahedral or larger structure. Also disclosed are novel cyclophanes formed by the disclosed method.

Disclosed herein is a novel method for preparing cyclophanes, comprising forming a disulfide cyclophane by contacting a linker moiety which includes two or more thiol groups, with a metal salt and an oxidant. The disulfide cyclophane is then desulfurized to form a thiacyclophane comprising thioether bridges. This thiacyclophane optionally may be further desulfurized to form an unsaturated hydrocarbon cyclophane, which can then be reduced to form a saturated hydrocarbon cyclophane. The various cyclophanes can be synthesized in a ring form, such as a dimer, trimer or tetramer etc., or they can be synthesized in a tetrahedral or larger structure. Also disclosed are novel cyclophanes formed by the disclosed method.

Disclosed herein are covalent organic frameworks (COFs) comprising dithioacetal linkages, methods of making such COFs, and methods of using the COFs, e.g., for delivery of gases such as nitric oxide and anti-mycobacterial agents such as isoniazid.

The present invention can provide a method for producing 1,2,3,5,6-pentathiepane, comprising Steps A and B: Step A: a step of synthesizing a tetrathiocarbonate in a protic solvent; and Step B: a step of carrying out reaction between the tetrathiocarbonate and a dihalogenated methane in a mixed solvent (where the mass ratio of a protic solvent and an aprotic solvent is 13:87-38:62).

The present invention can provide a method for producing 1,2,3,5,6-pentathiepane, comprising Steps A and B: Step A: a step of synthesizing a tetrathiocarbonate in a protic solvent; and Step B: a step of carrying out reaction between the tetrathiocarbonate and a dihalogenated methane in a mixed solvent (where the mass ratio of a protic solvent and an aprotic solvent is 13:87-38:62).

A subject of the present invention is the use of a compound having the general formula (I): (I) wherein V, W, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, X.sub.6, X.sub.7, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, X.sub.6, X.sub.7, Y, Y, R.sub.3, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.4 are as defined in any one of claims 1 to 11, for the detection, capture and/or separation of polluting gases, in particular those selected from the group comprising carbon dioxide, methane, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, linear hydrocarbons, linear mono-olefins and their mixtures, and preferably carbon dioxide. Another subject of the invention is a compound of formula (I) wherein V, W, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, X.sub.6, X.sub.7, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, X.sub.6, X.sub.7, Y, Y, R.sub.3, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.4 are as defined in any one of claims 12 to 21.

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The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a cyclic oligo(arylene ether) which can be a cyclic oligo(dichloromethylene arylene ether) or a cyclic oligo(arylene ether ketone); the process comprises the step of causing an aromatic compound to react with a hexachloroxylene compound in a pseudo-high dilution environment. The invention relates also to new cyclic oligo(arylene ether)s and their use for the manufacture of acyclic poly (arylene ether)s, such as PEKK, by ring-opening polymerization.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of cyclododecasulfur, a cyclic sulfur allotrope wherein the number of sulfur (S) atoms in the allotrope's homocyclic ring is 12. The method includes reacting a metallasulfur derivative with an oxidizing agent in a reaction zone to form a cyclododecasulfur-containing reaction mixture.