The calixarene moiety in the title compound, 4,12,16,24-tetrahydroxype
ntacyclo[19.3.1. ,9,11,13(27),15,17,19(28),21,23-dodecaene-methanol (1
/2), C28H24O4.2CH(4)O, assumes a 1,2-alternate conformation in the cry
stalline state which allows two intramolecular O-H ... O hydrogen bond
s to be formed between pairs of adjacent phenolic OH groups. The molec
ules are arranged in the crystal to form infinite chains connected via
intermolecular hydrogen bonds involving the two bridging methanol mol
ecules. 12-Membered cyclic arrays of six hydrogen-bonded OH groups are
formed with O ... O 2.618(3)-2.742 (2) Angstrom.