Several new calixcrowns were synthesized and characterized. The transport of Ca2 + ion was investigated through a bubbling pseudo-emulsion liquid membrane with these calixcrowns, the parent calix [n] arenes (n=4, 6, 8) and the ester, acid derivatives of calix [4] arene as mobile carriers. The effects of the initial concentrations of Ca2 + ion in the source phase and the initial pH difference (ΔpH) between the receiving phase and the source phase were studied. The results suggest that there are two different transport mechanisms. The transports using calixarenes and their ester, acid derivatives as carriers represent a proton-coupled co-transport with a flow of protons in the opposite direction, while the transports using the calix-crowns as carriers exhibit the characteristics of an anion-cou-pled co-transport with a flow of anion in the same direction.

Several new nitrogen-containing calixarene derivatives have been synthesized and their ion-binding properties investigated by UV spectroscopy and solvent extraction. These derivatives include 5,11,17,23-tetra-t-butyl-25,26,27,28-tetrakis (piperidinocarbonylmethoxy) calix [4] arene (5), 5,11,17,23,29,35,41,47-octa-t-butyl-49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56-octa (piperidinocarbonylmethoxy) calix[8]arene (6) and 5,11,17,23,29,35,41,47-octa-t-butyl-49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56-octa(N,N-diethylcarbamoylmethoxy) calix[8]arene (7). The UV spectra of 6 and 7 revealed they had an ability to transform tight lead picrate ion pairs into separated ones by complexation with Pb2+ in tetrahydrofuran. Both derivatives give 1: 1 complexes with Pb2+. Extraction studies showed that these derivatives could efficiently extract Pb2+ (as picrate salts) from the aqueous phase into chloroform. The extractability of these derivatives were also compared with that of the oxygen-containing ester derivative calix [8] arene 2 and the other two nitrogen-containing compounds 8 and 9.

Two new calixarene derivative: 5,11,17,23-tetra-t-butyl-25,26,27,2g-tetrakisa (pipclSdinocarbo-nylmetbyoxy) calix [4] arene (L4) and 5,11,17,23,29,35,41,47-octa-t-butyl-49,50,51,52,53,54,55, 56-octa-(piperidinocarbonylmethoxy) calix [8] arene (L8), which show good binding abilities to metal iota, wen synthesized by the reason of the corespondiog calixarene derivatives with piperidine. The ligand L4 is capable of separating a tight ion-pair foxed by Pb2+ and the picrate anion in THF. The interaction of the new hgands L

Three new thiacalix [4] arene derivatives, 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-25,27-di (2-hydroxyethoxy)-26,28-dihydroxythiacalix-[4] arene (2), 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-25, 26,27,28-tetrakis [(methylcarboxyl)methoxy] thiacalix [4] arene (3), 5,11,17,23-tetratert-butyl-25,26,27,28-tetrakis(2-hydroxy-1-propanoxy)thiacalix [4] arene (4), were synthesized for the first time. The coordination properties of thiacalix [4] arene (1) and its derivatives (2and4) were investigated by detecting the interactions between these compounds and two palladium complexes, cis-[Pd(en)(H2O)2]2+ and cis-[Pd(dtco-3-OH)(H2O)2]2+, by means of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) technique.

The monolayer properties of p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene (TCA) at the air-water interface was investigated by the measurements of surface pressure-area isotherms. However, TCA only exists as a trimmer aggregate on the subphase of deionized water. Copper (II) ion in the subphase can induce the monolayer formation of TCA. The UV-Vis spectra and FTIR spectra of the transferred films suggested that the monolayer formation was fulfilled through the coordination of copper (II) ion to TCA at the air-water surface.