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I-Adamantylmethyl 2-cyanoacrylate (1) was prepared by the reaction of 2-cyanoacryloyl chloride with 1-adamantylmethanol . 1,10-Decanediol bis-2-cyanoacrylate (2) was synthesized by transesterification of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate with 1,10-decanediol. Esters1 and2 were studied by X-ray structural analysis.

Shuttlilng of Cations

Calix[4]arenes in their 1,3-alternate conformation are particularly convenient scaffolds for the construction of extended tubes. These molecules can act as polytopic cation receptors and have the fascinating property of allowing cation transport |("shuttling") along the tube by passing through the "π-basic tube" formed by the macrocyclic rings of the calixarene units. Although calix tubes can also influence anion transport, this does not appear to involve anion shuttling.