S. Akabori et al., SYNTHESES OF DIETHYLENEOXY BRIDGED CRYPTOPHANES AND THEIR COMPLEXING ABILITIES WITH ALKALI-METAL AND ALKYLAMMONIUM CATIONS, Supramolecular chemistry, 7(3), 1996, pp. 187-193
The anti- and syn-diethyleneoxy bridged cryptophanes (3a and 3b) were
prepared by the direct trimerization of [(4-hydroxymethyl)-2-methoxyph
enoxy]-3-oxapentane, which was obtained by the reaction of diethyleneg
lycol ditosylate with vanillyl alcohol and/or by stepwise methods from
vanillyl alcohol, The syn isomer (3b) showed highly selective complex
ing abilities for cesium, and the tetraethylammoninm and triethylmethy
lammonium cations among the investigated alkali metal and alkylammoniu
m cations as compared with those of the anti isomer (3a).