link L-alanine methyl ester or L-alanyl-L-alanine methyl ester at the upperrim of calix[4]arenes blocked in the cone conformation. Several tetra- (3 and 6) and difunctionalized (11 and 12) amino acids containing macrocycles were obtained. Reaction of these compounds with hydrazine gave the corresponding hydrazido derivatives 4, 13, and 14, while the hydrolysis of 3 with LiOH produced the tetraacid