Crystal Structures of Uranyl Ion Complexes of Tetrahydroxy[3.1.3.1]metacyclophane (Homocalix[4]arene)

The first crystal structures of complexes of tetrahydroxy-[3.1.3.1]metacyclophanes, also termed homocalix[4]arenes, are reported. In the two uranyl ion complexes obtained, with different para-substituents, the complex core is analogous to that in tetrahomodioxacalix[4]arene complexes, with the cation in a tetra-phenoxide, distorted square-planar environment. The packing in one of these complexes comprises two different arrangements, one of them being a columnar stacking of complex molecules with sandwiched triethylammonium counter-ions hydrogen bonded to one complex and held by cation–π and CH–π interactions within the cavity of the other neighbouring one.

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