A Convenient Synthetic Route to Partial-Cone p-Carboxylatocalix[4]arenes.
p-Carboxylatocalix[n]arenes have emerged as useful building blocks for the construction of a diverse range of supramolecular assemblies. A convenient route to a p-carboxylatocalix[4]arene that is locked in a partial-cone conformation is presented. The conformation gives the molecule markedly different topological directionality relative to those previously used in self- and metal-directed assembly studies.
Institute of Chemical Sciences Heriot-Watt University Riccarton, Edinburgh, UK.
Robyn E
RE
Fairbairn
Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720, USA.
Simon J
SJ
Teat
Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720, USA.
Kevin J
KJ
Gagnon
Institute of Chemical Sciences Heriot-Watt University Riccarton, Edinburgh, UK. S.J.Dalgarno@hw.ac.uk.
Scott J
SJ
Dalgarno