Synthesis of bridged and oligocalix[4]arenes via ruthenium-catalysed ring closing metathesis

1 January 1996

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications

No. 14,p. 1689-1690
https://doi.org/10.1039/cc9960001689

Abstract

Ruthenium-catalysed metathesis of calix[4]arenes with alkenyl substituents on the upper or lower rims leads efficiently to singly- or doubly-bridged calix[4]arenes and oligocalix[4]arenes.

Keywords

OLIGOCALIX
ARENES
RUTHENIUM CATALYSED
ALKENYL
RIMS
DOUBLY
EFFICIENTLY
SUBSTITUENTS
SINGLY