Mao, Yu-QiZhang, YangTong, ShuoZhu, JiepingWang, Mei-Xiang2023-06-022023-06-022023-06-02202310.1021/acs.orglett.3c01314https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/197880Asymmetric synthesis of enantioenriched zigzag-type molecular belts featuring copper/H8-binaphthol-catalyzed kinetic resolution of a resorcinarene derivative and subsequent transformations was developed. The acquired rigid and C4-symmetric belt exhibited remarkably enhanced photophysical and chiroptical properties in comparison to its conformationally fluxional macrocyclic precursor.text::journal::journal article::research article