Aluminium-fused bis-p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene: A double cone with two π-arene ⋯ H interactions for included methylene chloride

Jerry L. Atwood, Simon G. Bott, Cameron Jones, Colin L. Raston

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Abstract

Treatment of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene 1 with [H3Al(NMe 3)]2 results in trimetallation and deprotonation by the tertiary amine, yielding the bis(calix[4]arene), [{(1 - H4)Al} 2]2- [HNMe3]+2, 2, which has been isolated with included methylene chloride; distorted five-coordinate O-bound aluminium centres [Al-O 1.74(1)-2.35(1) Å] fuse the slightly flattended cone calixarene units with the methylene chloride H-atoms residing over two opposite aromatic rings in each cone, C ⋯ ring centroid 3.54 Å.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1349-1351
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 1992
Externally publishedYes

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