Calix[n]arenes represent a very attractive family of macrocyclic compounds with many potential supramolecular applications. Due to their well-established chemistry and many different synthetic strategies, enabling practically any derivatization of the basic skeleton, calixarenes are among the very popular building blocks used for the design and construction of various receptors, sensors and other sophisticated supramolecular systems. Regio- and/or stereo-selective derivatization of calixarenes currently represents a very extensive set of reactions, the overview of which would fill many thick books. Therefore, this review deals with only a small part of the above-mentioned reactions, specifically describes possible ways of bridging the upper rim of calixarenes, often leading to interesting rigidified structures, and also briefly mentions the potential use of these compounds.

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上缘桥接杯芳烃


杯[n]芳烃代表了一个非常有吸引力的大环化合物家族，具有许多潜在的超分子应用。由于其完善的化学和许多不同的合成策略，几乎可以实现基本骨架的任何衍生化，杯芳烃是用于设计和构建各种受体、传感器和其他复杂超分子系统的非常流行的构建块之一。杯芳烃的区域选择性和/或立体选择性衍生化目前代表了一系列非常广泛的反应，其概述将填满许多厚书。因此，这篇综述仅涉及上述反应的一小部分，具体描述了桥接杯芳烃上边缘的可能方法，通常会产生有趣的刚性结构，并简要提到了这些化合物的潜在用途。