The Fold‐In Approach to Bowl‐Shaped Aromatic Compounds: Synthesis of Chrysaoroles

Molecular jellyfish: A new family of bowl-shaped aromatic compounds swims into view (see picture). Quite unlike true jellyfish, chrysaoroles possess a rigid skeleton, which is assembled from fused carbazole units. Their synthesis involves a fold-in step to convert a macrocyclic precursor into the bowl-shaped target molecule. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.