The structures of three novel compounds prepared from the reaction of the lower-rim 1,3-diacid calix[4]arene (LH(2)) with lithium carbonate (1), t-butyl-lithium (2) and zinc acetate (3) are reported.

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 ...

A fluorescence turn-on receptor based on triazole linked calix[4]arene (L) for selective recognition of Zn(2+) in aqueous-methanolic HEPES buffer has been developed and showed its utility for sensing Zn(2+) in blood serum milieu.

The thermal treatment of different inclusion complexes of para-octanoyl calix[4]arene leads to the formation of a guest-free van der Waals nanocapsular structure possessing a remarkable stability caused by the high mobility of alkanoyl arms.

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...

We present the rational design and anion-binding properties of the first anion-templated pseudorotaxanes and catenanes in which the "wheel" component is provided by a calix[4]arene macrobicyclic unit. The designs and syntheses of two new calix[4]arene macrobicycles, 2 and 3, are presented, and the abilities of these new species both to bind anions and to undergo anion-dependent pseudorotaxane f...

The 1, 3-bis(trimethyl silyl)ether of p-tert-butyl calix[4]arene, Rt-Bu)Ca1ixTMS21112, has beensynthesized and used as a dianionic ligand for "Sn". The complex of [(t-Bu)Ca1ixTMS2]Snexhibits exo and endo isomerism. The structural properties of [(Rp)Ca1ixTMS2]Sn, (Rpara= H,CH3, t-Bu) and the inter conversion of exoendo isomers were investigated by using of SCF-MOPM3 method.