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.

The title compound, C62H76O5, known to be one of the most versatile synthetic precursors/inter-mediates of calix[5]arene derivatives, adopts an approximate Cs -symmetric cone-in conformation. The aryl-oxybenzyl ring is tilted in such a way that the p-tert-butyl group fills the macrocycle cavity, while the benzyl group moves away from the cavity axis. In the crystal, this conformational arrangem...

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.

Self-assembly of large multi-component systems is a common strategy for the bottom-up construction of discrete, well-defined, nanoscopic-sized cages. Icosahedral or pseudospherical viral capsids, built up from hundreds of identical proteins, constitute typical examples of the complexity attained by biological self-assembly. Chemical versions of the so-called 5 Platonic regular or 13 Archimedean...

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...

THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-25,26,27,28-tetra-propyn-yloxy-2,8,14,20-tetra-thia-calix[4]arene], C(52)H(56)O(4)S(4), is an alkyl-ated product bearing four propyne groups at the lower rim of a 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-tetrathia-calix[4]arene. The mol-ecule is located on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis, running through two S atoms and perpendicular ...

The kinetics of ligand exchange at a ZnII center confined in biomimetic environment is studied. metal ion bound to TMPA unit covalently capping the calix[6]arene core....

In this work, the best adsorption targeted zones of metal cations Ag2+, Cu2+ and Hg2+ at surfaces or inside, outside cavity calix[6] (CX[6]), calix[8]arene (CX[8]), NUBMOM (NUB-.) LAYKUR (LAY-.) have been discussed. For X2+=Ag, Cu Hg adsorbed onto surface CX[6,8], NUB-., LAY-. morphologies these complexes explained, specific chosen structure has interfacial chemical properties to facilitate sta...

Calix[4]arenes and calix[4]resorcinarenes are well-known macrocyclic hosts that can be tailored to bind guests of very different natures, including anions, cations, various neutral molecules. The molecular architectures the altered in many ways: by attaching polar or hydrophilic groups, extending inner cavities with enlarged aromatic side walls, adding H-bonding sites promote formation capsules...

Many in vivo and vitro applications using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) require (i) their PEGylation, as it increases stability prevents nonspecific protein adsorption, (ii) conjugation to biomolecules, that provides them with specific recognition properties. Currently, the functionalization of AuNPs is based on thiol chemistry suffers from two major drawbacks: Au–S bond labile confers limited che...