Three copillar[5]arenes, pillar[5]arenes containing different repeating units, were successfully prepared by co-oligomerization of different monomers. It was demonstrated that the yields of pillararenes could be improved by using hydroquinone diethers with appropriate aliphatic chain lengths. Pseudorotaxane-type threaded structures were obtained in the solid state by the inclusion of an n-hexane molecule into the cavity of either a homopillar[5]arene, a pillar[5]arene containing only one repeating unit, or a copillar[5]arene.

DIBPillar[n]arenes (n = 5, 6) were synthesized. They showed different host-guest properties with n-octyltriethyl ammonium hexafluorophosphate G due to their different cavity sizes. DIBpillar[5]arene showed no complexation with G, while DIBpillar[6]arene formed a 1:1 complex with G with an association constant of 334 (±24) M(-1) in chloroform. In this letter, the first pillar[6]arene crystal structure and the first investigation of the host-guest chemistry of pillar[6]arenes are reported.

Four constitutional isomers of BMpillar[5]arene were prepared from 1-butoxy-4-methoxybenzene and they showed different binding abilities with n-octyltrimethyl ammonium hexafluorophosphate.

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A pillar[5]arene-based [1]rotaxane was simply prepared in a high yield of 73%. Its stucture was confirmed by (1)H NMR, 2D NMR spectra, mass spectra and theoretical calculation.

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