The cyclophane is also referred to as Stoddart's blue box because its inventor, J. Fraser Stoddart, illustrates the electron-poor areas of molecules in a blue shade.[3]
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^Atwood, Jerry L.; Steed, Jonathan W. (2013). Supramolecular chemistry. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. ISBN978-1-118-68150-3.