p-t-Butyl-calix[4]arene tetracarboxylic acid. A water soluble calixarene in a cone structure
Abstract
Treatment of p-t-butyl-calix[4]arene (1) with t-butyl bromoacetate in tetrahydrofuran–N,N-dimethylfromamide gives, after hydrolysis, a tetracarboxylic acid which exists in a cone structure with an enforced hydrophobic cavity, and whose alkali and ammonium salts are soluble in water.