Alkylation including Chloromethylation Route

Friedel-Crafts alkylation of 4 has been carried out with /-PrBr and FeCl3 to yield 63% of with 1-hydroxyadamantane in F3CC02H to yield 184f 

4 affords a 42% yield of p-cyclohexylcalix[4]arene 184g (Y = 

Shinkai, S. Kawabata, H. Matsuda, T. Kawaguchi, H. Manabe, O. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1990, 

Shinkai, S. Araki, K. Shibata, J. Manabe, O. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 1989,195. 

With propylene and a NiS04/Al203 catalyst in a solid state reaction, 4 gives 51% of 

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