Issue 61, 2013

Calixarenes and cations: a time-lapse photography of the big-bang

Abstract

The outstanding cation complexation properties emerging from the pioneering studies on calixarene ligands during a five-year period in the early 1980s triggered a big-bang burst of publications on such macrocycles that is still lasting at a distance of more than 30 years. A time-lapse photography of this timeframe is proposed which allows the readers to pinpoint the contributions of the different research groups.

Graphical abstract: Calixarenes and cations: a time-lapse photography of the big-bang

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Viewpoints

Article information

Article type
Viewpoint
Submitted
29 Apr 2013
Accepted
12 Jun 2013
First published
13 Jun 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 6827-6830

Calixarenes and cations: a time-lapse photography of the big-bang

A. Casnati, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6827 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43165G

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