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11. Syntheses and Photochemical Reactions of Cyclic Oligomers Based on the Calix [n] arenes

Abstract

This review deals with the syntheses and photochemical reactions of the certain calixarene derivatives containing (meth) acrylate, vinyl ether, propargyl ether, oxetane, oxirane, spiro ortho ester, cyclohexenyl ether, trimethylsilyl ether, and tert-butoxycarbonyl groups. These calixarene derivatives were synthesized by substitution and addition reactions of hydroxyl groups of calixarenes such as p-tert-butyl-calix [8] arene, p-methyl-calix [6] arene, and calix [4] resorcinarene. Most of the obtained calixarene derivatives had high Tgs, excellent thermal stabilities, and good film forming properties. Furthermore, calixarene derivatives had also high photochemical reactivity, when the photochemical reactions of calixarene derivatives were carried out in the film state upon UV irradiation.