• Journal of Radiopharmaceuticals and Molecular Probes
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.141-146
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• 2021

With increasing interest in fluorinated compounds, nucleophilic fluorination reaction has been generally used for synthesizing fluorine-containing chemicals. However, alkali metal fluorides (MFs) generally have low solubility and reactivity in organic solvent. To overcome these problems, various phase transfer catalysts (PTCs) have been investigated. Calix-arene is known as to capture the metal cation(M⁺), and therefore in this review, we would like to introduce several kinds of calix-arene based PTCs, such as bis-tert-alcohol-functionalized crown-6-calix[4]arene (BACCA), oligo-ethylene glycol linked bis-triethyleneglycol crown-5-calix[4]arene (BTC5A), and ionic liquid functionalized calix-arene based catalyst, as well as ion-pair receptor crown-6-calix[4]arene-capped calix[4]pyrrole.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.933-940
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• 1992

Calix[6]arene react with formaldehyde and secondary amines to yields water soluble Mannich bases which can be converted to the corresponding quaternary salts. Treatment of the quaternary salts with a nucleophile such as cyano, ethoxy, and hydride yields p-substituted calix[6]arenes. Calix[8]arene too react with formaldehyde and diallyl amine to yield a water soluble Mannich base. The transport of neutral arenes through an aqueous phase along a concentration gradient mediated by those of water soluble calixarenes as molecular carrier was studied in a U-type cell. Naphthalene, anthracene, pyrene, and fluoranthene are tested as a neutral solid guest compounds for the transport experiment.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.153-157
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• 1995

Calix[6]arenes are selectively dialkylated at the lower rim and further functionalized by the aminomethylation and Claisen Rearrangement reactions. Dialkylation was conducted by the reaction of calix[6]arene and alkyl halides such as benzyl bromide, allyl bromide, ethyl bromoacetate, propyl bromide, and methyl iodide under the carefully controlled reaction conditions. Aminomethylation was carried out with the treatment of disubstituted calix[6]arene and secondary amine in the presence of formaldehyde. Claisen rearrangement reaction of the O-diallylcalix[6]arene produced the p-diallylcalix[6]arene.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.502-506
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• 1996

Several ester group-containing calix[4]arenes were synthesized by the reaction of calix[4]arene and various acyl chlorides. Two or four ethyl succinyl units could be introduced into the calix[4]arene lower rim depending on the reaction conditions. But the mixture of three and four ethyl malonyl substituted calix[4]arenes were obtained and only three ethyl oxalyl units were introduced at the lower rim of calix[4]arene. Interestingly when calix[4]arene was treated with ethyl oxalyl chloride in the presence of aluminum chloride, two ethyl oxalyl units were introduced at the upper rim of calix[4]arene. The conformation of those ester-containing calix[4]arenes was presented based on the 1H and 13C NMR spectra.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.79-81
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• 1993

Synthetic routes are described for the introduction of hydroxyalkyl groups to the upper rim of calix[4]arene. Treatment of p-bromocalix[4]arene methyl ether 3 with n-BuLi followed by para-formaldehyde produced p-hydroxymethylcalix[4]arene methyl ether 4 in 60% yield. p-Acetylcalix[4]arene methyl ether 7, obtained by Friedel-Crafts acetylation of calix[4]arene methyl ether 6, was reduced with NaBH4 to produce p-(1-hydroxy ethyl)calix[4]arene methyl ether 8 in 67% yield.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.499-502
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• 1996

Two different acyl substituents were introduced at the lower rim of calix[4]arene by the two step reactions. Calix[4]arenes (1) reacted with 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl chloride to yield monosubstituted calix[4]arene (2). Second substitution was achieved by the reaction of 2 with various acyl chlorides. Aminomethylation of monobenzoylated calix[4]arene was conducted successfully in the presence of secondary amine and formaldehyde.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.8
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• pp.1227-1230
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• 2006

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.442-444
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• 1986

Starting with the readily available p-tert-butyl-calix[4]arene 2, tert-butyl groups are removed by $AlCl_3$-catalyzed de-alkylation reaction, and the calix[4]arene 3 formed is converted to the tetraacetate 4. This compound undergoes Fries rearrangement to yield p-acetylcalix[4]arene 6, which seems to be an attractive starting material for the introduction of functional groups. As a preliminary experiment p-(1-hydroxyethyl)calix[4]arene 7 is prepared by LiAlH$_4$ reduction of 6.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.689-695
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• 1992

Methods for the selective functionalization of calix[4]arene at the upper rim are described. The diametrically substituted calix[4]arene dimethyl ether 2, obtained from the treatment of calix[4]arene 1 with methyl iodide in the presence of $K_2CO_3$, is converted to the two isomeric p-diacetylcalix[4]arene dimethyl ether 3 and 6 by direct substitution and by Fries rearrangement of corresponding diacetyloxycalix[4]arene dimethyl ether 5 respectively. Diametrically substituted p-diacetylcalix[4]arene 8 was also prepared by Fries rearrangement of calix[4]arene tetraacetate 7 using a limited amount of $AlCl_3$.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.130-135
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• 1999

The title compound consisting of a calix[4]arene molecule with four phenyl rings bridged by four methylene groups and arranged alternately in anti-orientation fashion, two 25,27-bis(1-pro-pyloxy) groups attached on the two lower rims of calix[4]arene, and crown-6 chain attached on the other set of lower rims of calix[4]arene offers a big cavity inside a molecule which might possess a potential for forming host-guest complexes. The molecular packing is accomplished by van der Waals forces.