Correction for 'The macroscopic wettable surface: fabricated by calix[4]arene-based host-guest interaction and chiral discrimination of glucose' by Yue Sun et al., Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 14416-14418.

Solution-phase and solid-state structural studies indicate that the remarkable hydrogelation properties of a proline-functionalised calix[4]arene emerge as a result of extended helical structures formed via inclusion of a proline moiety in a neighbouring calixarene cavity.

We present the synthesis and structure-activity relationships of sulfonatocalix[4]arene hosts bearing novel substitutions. The calix[4]arenes are modified on upper rim at either one or two phenolic units, where dual modifications introduced regioselectively neighbouring opposing phenols. mono- di-functionalised with nitro formyl groups, remaining upper-rim sites in all cases occupied by sulphon...

The differences in the macrocyclic structures lead to different flexibilities, and yet effect of solvents on conformations is not clear so far. In this work, four representational molecules (pillar[5]arene, p-tert-butyl calix[6]arene, benzylic amide macrocycle dibenzo-18-crown-6) three with distinct polarity have been studied by all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. structural features macro...

This study examined the behaviors of Langmuir-Blodgett ultrathin calixarene films at air-water interface. The Langmuir trough was used to estimate surface pressure, potential, and effective dipole moment two calixarenes, namely, calix[4]arene (THC4) calix[8]arene (THC8). band gap determined using density functional theory (DFT). DFT simulation gave a 2.28 eV for THC4, confirming that THC4 an in...

Two neutral macrobicyclic anion receptors 4 and 6, containing a calix[4]arene in the cone conformation, two l-alanine units, and a 2,6-diacylpyridine or a phthaloyl bridge, are described. The x-ray crystal structure of the acetone complexes of the pyridine containing macrocycle 6 shows the four amide NH groups to be in close proximity to the chiral pocket delimited by the pyridine and one aroma...

In this paper we report on the preparation of calix[8]arene functionalized polyglycerol nanogels by miniemulsion polymerization. The gel macromonomers were prepared by anionic ring-opening multibranching polymerization of glycidol using calix[8]arene as initiator. 1,1 ,3,3,3 ,3 -hexamethyl-2,2 -indotricarbocyanine iodide (HITC) red fluorescent dye was used as a guest molecule. Photobleaching up...

Functionalization of calix[4]arene with amidofluorene moieties at the lower rim led to formation of the 1,3-diconjugate of calix[4]arene L as a novel fluorescent chemosensor for Cu(2+). The receptor molecule L exhibited a pronounced selectivity towards Cu(2+) over other mono and divalent ions. The formation of the complex between L and Cu(2+) was evaluated by absorption, fluorescence and (1)H N...

The conductometric sensor based on 25,27-di-(5-thio-octyloxy)calix[4]arene-crown-6 was developed for the quantitative analysis of ammonium. The calixarene was immobilized on the surface of the planar interdigitated electrodes by attachment of its dialkyl sulfide groups to the surface of the gold electrodes. The intrinsic ability of the calixarene to capture ammonium was studied in the conductom...

Patterns of noble metal nanoparticles (NMNPs) of ruthenium and platinum are formed on p-phosphonic acid calix[8]arene stabilised graphene in water. This involves hydrogen gas induced reduction of metal ions absorbed on the stabilised graphene, with TEM revealing the patterns being comprised of domains of parallel arrays of NMNPs ∼7 nm apart. The domains are orientated in three directions on eac...