“…The solution was stirred in the dark for 6 h and then filtered through a short plug of silica gel, eluting with hexane-Et 2 O (9:1; 3 · 10 mL). The combined filtrates were then concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (hexane/toluene; 9:1) to afford macrocycle 19 as an orange, crystalline solid (62 mg, 81%): R f = 0.23 (hexane/ toluene; 9:1); k max (CH 2 Cl 2 )/nm 287sh (e/dm 3 mol À1 cm À1 , 2380), 305sh (10,100), 320 (12,730), 338 (12,710), 371 (11,930), 401 (12,020); m max (film)/cm À1 2957s, 2933s, 2876s, 2854s, 2114m (C"C), 1738w, 1593m, 1501m, 1455m, 1435m, 1412m, 1379w, 1354w, 1306w, 1249s, 1136s, 1088m, 1053m, 1008m, 969m, 844s, 760s, 709s, 666m, 630m; d H C 50 H 64 Cl 2 NaSi 4 requires (M + Na), 869.3360. The structure of 19 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography.…”