IUPAC definition calixarenes: Originally macrocyclic compounds capable of assuming a basket (or 'calix') shaped conformation. They are formed from p-hydrocarbyl...

reaction with other molecules. The first generation carcerands are based on calixarene hemicarcerands with 4 alkyl substituents on the upper rim and 4 reactive...

elaborate condensations ensue. With 4-substituted phenols one obtains calixarenes. Phenol results in polymers. Many amino acids react with formaldehyde...

of twelve or more atoms. Classical examples include the crown ethers, calixarenes, porphyrins, and cyclodextrins. Macrocycles describe a large, mature...

substituents occupying a benzylic position. It is observed in compounds such as calixarenes and acridines. Peri-substitution occurs in naphthalenes for substituents...

compounds synthesized using the Wurtz–Fittig reaction include silylated calixarenes and vinylsilanes. Wurtz reaction Wang, Zerong (2010). "Wurtz–Fittig Reaction"...

orientation and geometry with respect to the membrane. Ion channels containing calixarenes of ring size 3 and 4 have both been reported. For calix[4]arene, two...

and host, the attraction being generally due to van der Waals forces. Calixarenes and related formaldehyde-arene condensates are one class of hosts that...

of DNA and nucleotides by triazole ligation supramolecular chemistry: calixarenes, rotaxanes, and catenanes dendrimer design carbohydrate clusters and...

is large enough to hold other molecular hosts such as a calixarene molecule. With a calixarene guest different chemical conformations (cone, 1,2-alternate...