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pwise procedure. NMR studies demonstrated that strong intramolecular h
ydrogen bonding between the bridging CO and neighboring phenolic OH gr
oups in the oxocalixarenes weakened the circular hydrogen bonding of t
he parent calixarenes, resulting in greater conformational flexibility
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