Patent ID: 8822680

Claim:
A substituted paracyclophane of formula (I) wherein X 1 and X 2 are linking groups comprising between 2 to 4 carbon atoms, Y 1 and Y 2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halide, oxygen, nitrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl, and Z is an unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted heteroaryl group, or an unsubstituted heteroaryl group; wherein when Z is a substituted aryl group, the substituents are selected from the group consisting of halide, hydroxyl alkoxy, carbonyl, carboxyl, anhydride, methacryl, epoxide, vinyl, nitrile, nitro, sulphate, sulphonyl, mercapto, amino, amine, imine, amide and imide.