Ab. Mirgorodskaya et al., Reactions of calix[4]resorcinolarene anions with esters of carboxylic acids in H2O-DMF solvent, RUSS CHEM B, 49(2), 2000, pp. 261-264
Reactions of calix[4]resorcinolarene anions with para-nitrophenyl carboxyla
tes in the H2O-DMF medium were studied. The kinetics of this process was me
asured by optical spectroscopy and potentiometric titration; the step of fo
rmation of acylated calixarene and the subsequent step of its hydrolysis we
re detected. Self-association of long-chain calixarenes into micelles decre
ases their reactivity with respect to that of the monomers.