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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 12, Number 5
BKCSDE 12(5)
May 20, 1991 

 
Title
Synthesis and X-ray Crystallographic Characterizaiton of p-Diacetylcalix[4]arene
Author
Young Ja Park*, Kwanghyun No, Jung Mi Shin
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Abstract
A simple route is described for the selective functionalization of calixarene at the para positions of phenyl rings. Calix[4]arene tetraacetate 2, obtained from the treatment of calix[4]arene with acetic anhydride, undergoes Fries rearrangement to yield the diametrically para substituted p-diacetylcalix[4]arene 3 in 80% yield. The crystal and molecular strucutre has been determined by X-ray diffraction method. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group Pna21, with a = 11.121 (3), b = 10.374 (3), c = 21.690 (6) Å and Z = 4. The structure was solved by direct method and refined by full-matrix least-squares methods to final R of 0.036 for 1795 observed reflections. Each hydroxyl hydrogen atom is disordered over two positions. The macrocycle exists in the cone conformation which is determined by the strong circular intramolecular flip-flop type hydrogen bonds of phenolic OH, while crystal packing effects of the diametrically para-acetyl substituents seem to be responsible for the distortion of the cone conformation.
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525 - 529
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