A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CALIXARENES

摘要

A two-step process for the preparation and industrial manufacture of calixarenes is disclosed. In the first step, linear phenolic oligomers are prepared in a basic medium from an optionally substituted phenol and a formaldehyde source. The reaction mixture is then neutralized or acidified, and cyclization of the oligomers is brought about at higher temperatures in the same reaction medium which is made water free and optionally completed by higher boiling liquids. Furthermore, novel calixarene compounds are disclosed and claimed as well as an installation for carrying out the process on a laboratory or industrial scale.