“…1 and their synthetic analogs, are important compo nents not only in the reactions dealing with the generation of optical centers, 2,3 but, first of all, in the synthesis of various heterocyclic systems, 4,5 including azoloazines. [6][7][8][9][10] Functionalization of chalcones with the oligooxyethyl ene fragment on going to their macrocyclic analogs (for example, diarylideneacetonyl crownophane) and acyclic chalconopodands 11-13 can considerably broaden chemi cal potential of , unsaturated carbonyl compounds in the synthesis of alkaloid like structures, including crown ether derivatives. In our studies of the reactions of chalco nopodands with nucleophiles, including aminoazoles, we found that a bulky substituent (a polyether chain) played a significant role in the approaching reaction centers of molecules and direction of cascade reactions, leading to the formation of several C-C and C-N bonds of poly cyclic system, [14][15][16] in one (one pot) reaction cycle.…”