Journot, Guillaume

2012, Journot, Guillaume, Jones, Christopher R., Blangy, Valeria, Neier, Reinhard

A review. Hydrogenation reactions of calix[4]furan and calix[4]pyrrole were reviewed together with the authors' own work in this field. A short description of the metal binding process of our new calix[4]pyrrolidines (= the fully satd. calix[4]pyrrole) with Cu was discussed as a typical example of the metal binding capacities. The new calix[4]pyrrolidines can be structurally classified as new stiffened macrocyclic crown ethers or as satd. analogs of the porphyrin-derived "pigments of life". [on SciFinder(R)]