https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01504
The term originally applied to compounds having two p-phenylene groups held face to face by –[CH2]n– bridges. It now designates compounds having (i) @M03695@, or assemblies of @M03695@, and (ii) atoms and/or saturated or unsaturated chains as alternate components of a large ring. E.g. [2.2](1,4)(1,4)cyclophane [or 1(1,4),4(1,4)-dibenzenacyclohexaphane].
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Many chemists include in this class any bridged aromatic system, irrespective of the @A00512@ positions of the @B00736@.