Macrocycles and medicine – facile synthesis of a bis(macrocycle) with pendent functionality

Abstract: The crystal structure of the Cu(II) perchlorate complex of a functionalised bis(macrocycle) ligand, where the individual macrocycle units are of the cyclam type and adopt the trans-III configuration, is analysed in terms of its possible relationship to those of bis(macrocycle) complexes possessing anti-viral activity. To cite this article: P.V. Bernhardt et al., C. R. Chimie 8 (2005) . [Copyright &y& Elsevier]