The asymmetric ring-opening of meso-aziridines with primary alcohols is realized using an N,N'-dioxide-Mg(OTf)2 complex as the catalyst. The desired vicinal trans-β-amino ethers are afforded in good yields and enantioselectivities. Aniline and water could also be used as the nucleophiles for the ring-opening in an identical catalyst system.

Single-crystal to single-crystal transformations are possible by ion-exchange and transport reactions through supramolecular channels that are composed of crown ether molecules and use trihalide ions as scaffolds. Kinetic measurements of ion transport at different temperatures provide activation energy data and show that a very fast exchange of K(+) ions with Na(+) ions occurs.

Control of chemoselectivity is one of the most challenging problems facing chemists and is particularly important in the synthesis of bioactive compounds and medications. Herein, the first highly chemoselective tandem C(sp3)-H arylation/[1,2]-Wittig rearrangement of pyridylmethyl ethers is presented. The efficient and operationally simple protocols enable generation of either arylation products...

Host–guest chemistry encompasses the study of highly structured molecular complexes composed of at least two entities associated by noncovalent interactions, one possessing convergent binding sites, the host, and another possessing divergent binding sites, the guest. Among other species, the host can be a crown ether, calixarene, or metallacycle, whereas the guest can be virtually any small-tom...

Lithiation and subsequent reaction with CO(2) was applied to calix[4]arenes with different, equal or mixed, ether functions at the lower-rim site as well as tert-butylated or non-tert-butylated upper-rim positions. Whereas this reaction fails for symmetric calix[4]arene ethers with alkoxy residues greater than methoxy, the carboxylation of mixed methoxy-propoxy calixarene ethers is possible. In...

An AB2 monomer containing a bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10 and two paraquat moieties was designed and prepared. It self-organized to form a supramolecular hyperbranched polymer in solution.

In the title compound, C(6)H(5)Cl(3)N(+)·ClO(4) (-)·C(12)H(24)O(6), the perchlorate anion is disordered over two orientations in a 0.666 (17):0.334 (17) ratio. The ammonium group of the organic cation inserts into the crown ether ring and forms three bifurcated N-H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bonds to generate a supra-molecular complex. The macrocycle has approximate D(3d) local symmetry.