Multi-calixarenes with multidentate coordination sites

• DOI: 10.1007/s10847-008-9455-z
• Publication Date: 2008-05-13T09:42:06Z
• Authors: Amel Ben Othman; Young Hoon Lee; Keisuke Ohto; Rym Abidi; Yang Kim; Jacques Vicens
• Keywords: Calixarene; Picrate; Coordination complex

Hyperbranched molecules, 4–8, based on calixarenes attached to newly synthesised cores 2 and 3 have been prepared. Preliminary complexation studies of the complexation of Zn(Pic)2 by 8 showed that the ligand prefers to bind the picrate anions.