title: Syntheses, structures, and anion-binding properties of two novel calix[2]benzo[4]pyrroles.
abstract: Calix[2]benzo[4]pyrrole m-6 and p-6, each containing two dipyrromethane moieties and two m-phenylene or p-phenylene units, respectively, were readily synthesised from pyrrole, 1,3- and 1,4-bis(1,1'-dimethylhydroxymethyl)benzene, (m-4 and p-4, respectively) and acetone. Macrocycles m-6 and p-6 were tested as receptors for a selection of anions, such as acetate, dihydrogenphosphate and fluoride. The X-ray structures of m-6 and p-6 and those of the complexes m-6F(-), m-6Cl(-) and m-6CH(3)COO(-) (with an nBu(4)N(+) counterion) were also determined.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università di Messina, Salita Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy. ella@isengard.umime.it
authors.forename: Grazia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cafeo
authors.forename: Franz H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Kohnke
authors.forename: Andrew J P
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garozzo
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messina