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Synlett 2014; 25(08): 1181-1185
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1341058
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Design and Synthesis of a New Kind of Cavitand: Tetrapyrazolylcalix[4]arenes and Their Supramolecular Assemblies

Xuan-Feng Jiang
a   Laboratory for Self-Assembly Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(10)625166   Email: yusy@ruc.edu.cn
,
Yu-Xin Cui
b   Medical and Health Analysis Center, Peking University, Beijing 100083, P. R. of China
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Shu-Yan Yu*
a   Laboratory for Self-Assembly Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(10)625166   Email: yusy@ruc.edu.cn
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Received: 21 December 2013

Accepted after revision: 02 March 2014

Publication Date:
07 April 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Two novel calix[4]arene-based tetrapyrazolyl cavitands with different cavity size were synthesized by multistep reactions. In the solid state, one of the cavitands forms an infinite chain by ­intermolecular hydrogen bonding. The other cavitand undergoes coordination self-assembly with dimetal corners to form a supramolecular cage.

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cavitands - calixarenes - hydrogen bonding - self-assembly - macrocycles

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  • 10 Crystallographic data for compound 1 have been deposited with the accession number CCDC 928591, and can be obtained free of charge from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; Fax: +44(1223)336033; E-mail: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk; Web site: www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html.