“…[2,3] While ligands of this class have found numerous applications in separation science and sensing technology, [4][5][6][7][8] catalytic properties, surprisingly, have been little studied. [9,10] This is in stark contrast with podands obtained from the related calix [4]arene cavities, [11] in particular their phosphane derivatives, [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] which have already led to a rich transition metal chemistry. [2,21] We have recently described the synthesis of the first mono-and diphosphines built on a resorcinarene cavitand (1-3, Scheme 1) and shown that these are suitable for complexation of transition metals, altering neither the cavity shape nor its receptor properties.…”