Synthesis, calixarene-related

Synthesis is the lifeforce, the sine qua non, for creating the members of chemical families. For some families of compounds the chemist must rely on Nature to achieve the task, but for many other families chemists can employ their own ingenuity in coaxing the elements into proper combinations. The ultimate utility of a family of chemical compounds is usually related to the ease with which this can be done, the calixarenes providing a good case in point. Like the cyclodex-... 

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