“…M.pt. 264-266 ºC; R f 0.21 (5% methanol/dichloromethane); 1 H NMR (CDCl 3 , ppm) 7.39 (s, 2H), 7.34-7.22 (m, 10H), 6.98 (s, 4H), 6.78 (s, 4H), 4.93-4.40 (m, 12H), 3.94-3.71 (m, 4H) 3.37-3.26 (m, 4H), 2.78-2.62 (m, 2H) 5,11,17,arene (10). To a solution of 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-25,27-diethoxycarbonyl methyleneoxy-26,28-dihydroxycalix [4]arene [20,21,27] (4.0 g, 4.7 mmol) in THF (40 ml) was added sodium hydride (0.56 g, 23.5 mmol) and the mixture was stirred for 30 min at ambient temperature.…”