4. Calixarenes
Published Online: 22 FEB 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9780470980200.ch4
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Macrocycles: Construction, Chemistry and Nanotechnology Applications
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How to Cite
Davis, F. and Higson, S. (2011) Calixarenes, in Macrocycles: Construction, Chemistry and Nanotechnology Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470980200.ch4
Publication History
- Published Online: 22 FEB 2011
- Published Print: 25 MAR 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470714621
Online ISBN: 9780470980200
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Keywords:
- calixarenes, and related resorcinarenes - actively researched group of compounds;
- calixarenes and resorcinarenes - adopting, a bowl- or vase-shaped conformation;
- proposed partial structure of bakelite;
- calixarene structures - ‘cone’, Gutsche calling it the ‘up’ conformation;
- chemical modification of calixarenes;
- hydroxy groups, active species – reactions with reagents;
- reaction of rings - calixarenes, both oxidised and reduced;
- oxacalixarenes, azacalixarenes and thiacalixarenes;
- resorcinarenes, synthesis and structure - by acid-catalysed reactions;
- cavitands and carcerands - fixed-cone-type molecules, in Crams' book
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
History
Structures of Calixarenes
Chemical Modification of Calixarenes
Complexes with Calixarenes
Bis and Multicalixarenes
Oxacalixarenes, Azacalixarenes and Thiacalixarenes
Resorcinarenes: Synthesis and Structure
Cavitands and Carcerands
Conclusions
Bibliography
References