A. I. Gren

Specific features of the reduction of disubstituted amide derivatives of p-tert -butylcalix[4]arene

Regardless of the reducing agent, the reduction at 25°C and higher of the amide groups in a large number of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene derivatives containing amide fragments with different substituents on the nitrogen atoms was accompanied by hydrogenolysis of the C-N bond with formation of the corresponding O-(2-hydroxyethyl) calixarenes and by partial cleavage of the ether bond between the calixarene framework and the substituent to give compounds with a lower degree of substitution.

Synthesis of acridinyl- and fluorenylidenehydrazido derivatives of p-tert-Butylcalix[4]arene

Abstractp-tert-Butylcalix[4]arenes substituted at the lower rim by acetic acid hydrazide residues reacted with methoxy(ethoxy)acridine and fluoren-9-one derivatives to give a series of calixarenes containing N′-fluorenylidene- and N′-acridinylacetohydrazide residues. It was found that modification of the hydrazide moiety does not affect the conformation of the initial macroring and that it can lead in some cases to unsymmetrically substituted calixarenes.

Calix(4)arenes Containing Benzodiazepinone Fragments at the Lower Rim

A series of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene derivatives containing 1,4(1,5)-benzodiazepinone fragments as substituents were prepared. The biological activity of the compounds, namely, their antispasmodic activity in mice, was evaluated by antagonism with a spasmodic agent, Corazol, upon transdermal administration. According to the data obtained, benzodiazepine derivatives of calixarenes show higher antispasmodic activity compared to 3-hydroxyphenazepam, taking into account their considerably higher molecular weight.

Synthesis and Conformational Characteristics of Benzyl-Substituted p-tert-Butylcalixarenes

Abstract(m-Methylbenzyloxy)-, bis(p-methylbenzyloxy)-, and bis(m-methylbenzyloxy)-p-tert-butylcalix[4]arenes were prepared by reactions of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene with p- and m-methylbenzyl bromides in the presence of alkali metal carbonates. Silylation of these derivatives gave (m-methylbenzyloxy)bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-, bis(m-methylbenzyloxy)bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-, and bis(p-methylbenzyloxy)bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-p-tert-butylcalix[4]arenes. With phase-transfer catalysis, bis(p-methylbenzyloxy)bis(2-propenyloxy)- and bis(m-methylbenzyloxy)bis(2-propenyloxy)-p-tert-butylcalix[4]arenes were obtained. Alkylation of the monosubstituted calixarene yields the corresponding trisubstituted derivative.

p-tert-butylcalix[4]arenes containing azacrown ether substituents at the lower rim as potential polytopic receptors

A series of disubstituted p-tert-butylcalix[4]arenes with N-methoxycarbonylmonoazacrown ether and N-ethoxymonoazacrown ether residues at the lower rim has been prepared via the reaction of di(carboxymethoxy)-p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene with azacrown ethers and subsequent reduction of the resulting amide derivatives. Using UV titration and 1H NMR spectroscopy we have demonstrated the ability of the calixarene with two N-carbonylmonoaza-18-crown-6-ether substituents to form the 1:3 complexes with K+ and Na+ and the 1:2 complexes with Cs+, Sr2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+. The calixarene with two fragments of N-ethoxymonoazo-18-crown ether has formed binuclear complexes with alkali metals cations and mononuclear complexes with transition metals cations.

Synthesis of derivatives of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene containing on lower rim fragments of 2-aminoalkylbenzimidazoles

Reactions of calix[4]arene carboxymethoxy derivatives with 2-aminoalkylbenzimidazoles in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and hydroxybenzotriazole afforded a series of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene derivatives containing on the lower rim N-(2-benzimidazolylalkyl)carbamoylmethoxy fragments. The reaction carried out in the absence of hydroxybenzOtriazole resulted in macrocycles containing one N-(2-benzimidazolylalkyl)carbamoyl fragment and a fragment of N-(acyl)dicyclohexylisourea.

New synthetic approach to aminoethoxy derivatives of p-(tert-butyl)calix[4]arene

A new procedure has been proposed for the synthesis of mono- and bis(2-aminoethoxy)-p-(tertbutyl) calix[4]arenes from the corresponding mono- and bis[2-(1,3-dioxoisoindol-2-yl)ethoxy]-p-(tert-butyl)-calix[4]arenes.

Synthesis of calix[4]arene-crown-6 with alkoxysilyl-containing substituents

An efficient procedure has been proposed for the synthesis of calix[4]arene-crown-6 conjugate having triethoxysilyl fragments in the para positions. The calixarene fragment adopts a 1,3-alternate conformation. Unlike known methods of synthesis of analogous structures, the proposed procedure ensures introduction of two ethoxysilyl groups into the oppositely located benzene rings in the macrocycle.