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Jozef Hodyl PhD Thesis - Theses - Flinders University

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It has been shown by NMR and crystallographic data that due to the flexibility ofthe methylene linkage between the phenolic moieties, calix[4]arenes, such as, 8, mayadopt four rotational conformers, namely: cone, where all the phenyl rings align inthe same direction to form a "basket-like" cavity; partial cone, where one of thephenyl rings aligns in a downward direction while the other three orient upwards;1,2-alternate, where two of the phenyl rings align downward and two upward in a cisarrangement; 1.3-alternate as previous, but with a trans arrangement, as shown inFigure 1.3.ConePartial Cone1,2-alternate1,3-alternateFigure 1.3The four possible conformers of calix[4]arenes.Of these four conformations the most common is the cone conformation. It canbe seen that in the cone conformation the calix[4]arene molecule forms ahydrophobic "basket-like" cavity that can be used for molecular recognition of guestmolecules, and hence as a receptor.11

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