Complete Bromination of Calix[4]arene by Improved Direct Synthesis

IntroductionCalix[n]arenes are cavity- containing macrocycliccompounds and the cavity can be modified byintroducing substitutents R1and R2 at the lowerrim and the aromatic para- positions at the upperrim (Fig.1 ) . Since the pioneering work of Gutscheon calix[n]arenes[1,2 ] ,which was mainly devotedto synthesis of structures,calix [n]arenes havebeen attracting attention because of their potentialfor forming inclusion complexes with cations orneutral molecules and acting as enzyme mimics[3,4 ]…