Cyclic alkanedisulfides were synthesized from linear alkanedithiols consisting of 10
and 20 carbon atoms using a bromo-Wang resin. The size of the macrocycles was determined by
SEC measurements. While an alkanedithiol consisting of 20 carbon atoms mainly produced
monomeric, dimeric, and trimeric macrocycles with a decreasing yield as the increasing size of
the macrocycle, that of 10 carbon atoms resulted in the formation of exclusively a dimeric and
higher macrocycles