SIMPLE SYNTHETIC STRATEGY TO INHERENTLY CHIRAL CALIX[4]ARENE BY AN ASYMMETRIC CALIX[4]QUINONE AS A KEY INTERMEDIATE

Saeed Taghvaei-Ganjali*, Mehdi Shafai, Morteza Khosravi
Department of Chemistry, Islamic azad University North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, P.O. Box: 19585/936, Fax: +98-21-2944678, e-mail: taghvaei@hotmail.com
 

Abstract
A simple procedure is developed to synthesize the cone shaped asymmetrically substituted calix[4]arene 5. The resulting chiral calix[4]arene 5 with two hydroxy groups could be used to build up the chiral calix[4]arene hosts.