Treating the conic tetra-para-ethylacetato-calix[4]arene 1 with 2.2 equivalents of K2CO3 and 4 equivalents of 6-bromomethyl-6’-methyl-2,2’-bipyridine afford the expected fully substituted podand, mainly in its 1,3-alternate conformation 2. This tube-like bipyridyl...