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Accessing Valuable Ligand Supports for Transition Metals: A Modified, Intermediate Scale Preparation of 1,2,3,4,5-Pentamethylcyclopentadiene
Published on: March 20, 2017
5,11,17,23-Tetra-kis(chloro-meth-yl)-25,26,27,28-tetra-propoxycalix[4]arene
Abstract:
The title calix[4]arene, C(44)H(52)Cl(4)O(4), displays the 1,3-alternate conformation with crystallographically imposed twofold symmetry. Four phenolic rings of the calixarene backbone are tilted into the calix cavity, making dihedral angles of 77.42 (2) and 77.71 (2)° with the plane of the four bridging methyl-ene C atoms. Pairs of opposite aromatic rings make dihedral angles of 25.16 (3) and 24.58 (4)° with each other. In the crystal, the calixarene mol-ecules pack with the formation of infinite columns along the b axis. The crystal packing shows a network of C-H⋯Cl contacts, which can be considered as non-classical hydrogen bonds.
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