Chiral calixarene analog incorporating amino acid residues into macrocyclic rings was prepared. The macrocycles form a chiral concave, which is induced by the chiral transmission from the amino acid to the phenol-formaldehyde tetramer unit through the hydrogen bonds. Molecular recognition for a chiral ammonium ion by the macrocycles was investigated.
Chiral calixareneanalogsincorporating cystine peptide into their macrocyclicring were easily prepared by the cyclization reactions of bis(chloromethyl)phenol-formaldehyde oligomers with cystine peptides in moderate yields. Circular dichroism (CD) spectra indicated the existence of the transmission of the chirality from peptide unit to phenol-formaldehyde oligomer moiety.