SHAPING THE CAVITY OF CALIX[4]ARENE USING TRANSITION-METALS AND BINDING ALKALI-METAL CATIONS INSIDE THE CAVITY - THE RELEVANCE OF THE ALKALI-METAL CATION-ARENE INTERACTION
A. Zanottigerosa et al., SHAPING THE CAVITY OF CALIX[4]ARENE USING TRANSITION-METALS AND BINDING ALKALI-METAL CATIONS INSIDE THE CAVITY - THE RELEVANCE OF THE ALKALI-METAL CATION-ARENE INTERACTION, Chemical communications, (2), 1997, pp. 183-184
Transition metals can be used for shaping and electronically enriching
the calix[4]arene cavity; in this approach, the pi-basic cavities can
be adapted to alkali-metal cation complexation in a very hydrophobic
environment and these cations can even be transferred into aliphatic h
ydrocarbons; the eta(6)-arene-alkali-metal cation interaction is struc
turally elucidated.