G. Arena et al., SYNTHESIS OF NEW CALIXCROWNS AND THEIR ANCHORING TO SILICA-GEL FOR THE SELECTIVE SEPARATION OF CS+ AND K+, Chemical communications, (19), 1996, pp. 2277-2278
New 1,3-alternate calix[4]arenecrown-6 and calix[4]arene-crown-5, whic
h are selective for caesium and potassium ions respectively, have been
synthesized and linked covalently to silica gel via hydrosilanization
and successfully employed for the chromatographic separation of Cs+ a
nd K+ from alkali metal ions.