Steric control of conformation in self-assembly metallacalix[4]arenes derived from AlMe3 or GaMe3 with benzimidazolyl ligands

Ernesto Rufino-Felipe; Miguel-Ángel Muñoz-Hernández

doi:10.1039/c0cc05438k

Steric control of conformation in self-assembly metallacalix[4]arenes derived from AlMe3 or GaMe3 with benzimidazolyl ligands

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Mar 21;47(11):3210-2. doi: 10.1039/c0cc05438k. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

Authors

Ernesto Rufino-Felipe¹, Miguel-Ángel Muñoz-Hernández

Affiliation

¹ Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

PMID: 21286638
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc05438k

Abstract

Metallacalix[4]arenes [bzimAlMe(2)](4) (1), [bzimGaMe(2)](4) (2), [mbzimAlMe(2)](4) (3) and [mbzimGaMe(2)](4) (4) were obtained by self-assembly. The larger cavity of 3 and 4 allows them to function as hosts of benzene molecules.