The synthesis of novel crown ethers,part X, 4‐propyl‐and 3‐ethyl‐4‐methylchromenone‐crown ethers

Starting from ethyl propionylacetate, and ethyl 2‐ethylacetoacetate we prepared 4‐propyl‐7,8‐, 4‐propyl‐6,7‐, 3‐ethyl‐4‐methyl‐7,8‐ and 3‐ethyl‐4‐methyl‐6,7‐dihydroxy‐2H‐chromenones which were allowed to react with the bis‐dihalides or ditosylates of glycols in DMF/Na₂CO₃ to afford the 6,7‐ and 7,8‐chromenone derivatives of 12‐crown‐4, 15‐crown‐4 and 18‐crown‐6. The products were identified using ir, ¹³C and ¹H nmr, ms and high resolution mass spectroscopy. The cation selectivities of chromenone crown ethers with Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺ cations were estimated from the steady state emission fluorescence spectra of free and cation complexed chromenone macrocyclic ethers in acetonitrile.     

Fine‐tuning of electromembrane extraction selectivity using 18‐crown‐6 ethers as supported liquid membrane modifiers

Selectivity of electromembrane extractions (EMEs) was fine‐tuned by modifications of supported liquid membrane (SLM) composition using additions of various 18‐crown‐6 ethers into 1‐ethyl‐2‐nitrobenzene. Gradually increased transfer of K⁺, the cation that perfectly fits the cavity of 18‐crown‐6 ethers, was observed for EMEs across SLMs modified with increasing concentrations of 18‐crown‐6 ethers. A SLM containing 1% w/v of dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6 in 1‐ethyl‐2‐nitrobenzene exhibited excellent selectivity for EMEs of K⁺. The established host–guest interactions between crown ether cavities in the SLM and potassium ions in donor solution ensured their almost exhaustive transfer into acceptor solution (extraction recovery ～92%) within 30 min of EME at 50 V. Other inorganic cations were not transferred across the SLM (Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺) or were transferred negligibly (NH₄⁺, Na⁺; extraction recovery < 2%) and had only subtle effect on EMEs of K⁺. The high selectivity of the tailor‐made SLM holds a great promise for future applications in EMEs since the range of similar selective modifiers is very broad and may be applied in various fields of analytical chemistry.     

Synthesis and Optical Properties of 2,13‐Dibenzothiazol‐2′‐yldibenzo[b,k]‐18‐crown‐6

A new crown ether of 2,13‐dibenzothiazol‐2′‐yldibenzo[b,k]‐18‐crown‐6 was synthesized from 2,13‐diformyl‐ dibenzo[b,k]‐18‐crown‐6 with 2‐aminothiophenol. The binding behavior and the optical properties of the crown ether were examined through UV‐visible spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy. When complexed with Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺ and Cs⁺ ions, it led to intramolecular charge transfer and caused the changes of the fluorescence spectra. The protonation of the crown ether was also studied.     

The synthesis of novel 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)chromenone-crown ethers and their cation binding,as determined using fluorescence spectra

o-Dihydroxy-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-chromenones (coumarins; 3a,b) were synthesised from 1,2,3-trihydroxy- or 1,2,4-triacetoxybenzenes through a reaction with ethyl 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-oxopropanoate in H₂SO₄ or CF₃COOH. The chromenone-crown ethers (4a–f) were prepared from the cyclic condensation of o-dihydroxy-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)chromenones (3a,b) with poly(ethylene glycol) ditosylates, in the presence of CH₃CN/alkali carbonates. The chromatographically purified original chromenone-crown ethers were identified by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. The 1:1 binding constants of Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺ with the chromenone-crown ethers were estimated in acetonitrile using fluorescence emission spectroscopy. The complexing-enhanced fluorescence spectra and complexing-enhanced quenching fluorescence spectra, along with the cationic recognition rules of the crown ethers allowed the ion binding powers to be determined.     

Metabolism of Deuterated erythro‐Dihydroxy Fatty Acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Enantioselective Formation and Characterization of Hydroxylactones

Epoxides of fatty acids are hydrolyzed by epoxide hydrolases (EHs) into dihydroxy fatty acids which are of particular interest in the mammalian leukotriene pathway. In the present report, the analysis of the configuration of dihydroxy fatty acids via their respective hydroxylactones is described. In addition, the biotransformation of (±)‐erythro‐7,8‐ and ‐3,4‐dihydroxy fatty acids in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was characterized by GC/EI‐MS analysis. Biotransformation of chemically synthesized (±)‐erythro‐7,8‐dihydroxy(7,8‐²H₂)tetradecanoic acid ((±)‐erythro‐ 1 ) in the yeast S. cerevisiae resulted in the formation of 5,6‐dihydroxy(5,6‐²H₂)dodecanoic acid ( 6 ), which was lactonized into (5S,6R)‐6‐hydroxy(5,6‐²H₂)dodecano‐5‐lactone ((5S,6R)‐ 4 ) with 86% ee and into erythro‐5‐hydroxy(5,6‐²H₂)dodecano‐6‐lactone (erythro‐ 8 ). Additionally, the α‐ketols 7‐hydroxy‐8‐oxo(7‐²H₁)tetradecanoic acid ( 9a ) and 8‐hydroxy‐7‐oxo(8‐²H₁)tetradecanoic acid ( 9b ) were detected as intermediates. Further metabolism of 6 led to 3,4‐dihydroxy(3,4‐²H₂)decanoic acid ( 2 ) which was lactonized into 3‐hydroxy(3,4‐²H₂)decano‐4‐lactone ( 5 ) with (3R,4S)‐ 5 =88% ee. Chemical synthesis and incubation of (±)‐erythro‐3,4‐dihydroxy(3,4‐²H₂)decanoic acid ((±)‐erythro‐ 2 ) in yeast led to (3S,4R)‐ 5 with 10% ee. No decano‐4‐lactone was formed from the precursors 1 or 2 by yeast. The enantiomers (3S,4R)‐ and (3R,4S)‐3,4‐dihydroxy(3‐²H₁)nonanoic acid ((3S,4R)‐ and (3R,4S)‐ 3 ) were chemically synthesized and comparably degraded by yeast without formation of nonano‐4‐lactone. The major products of the transformation of (3S,4R)‐ and (3R,4S)‐ 3 were (3S,4R)‐ and (3R,4S)‐3‐hydroxy(3‐²H₁)nonano‐4‐lactones ((3S,4R)‐ and (3R,4S)‐ 7 ), respectively. The enantiomers of the hydroxylactones 4, 5 , and 7 were chemically synthesized and their GC‐elution sequence on Lipodex^® E chiral phase was determined.     

Metabolism of Deuterated Isomeric 6,7‐Dihydroxydodecanoic Acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae – Diastereo‐ and Enantioselective Formation and Characterization of 5‐Hydroxydecano‐4‐lactone (=4,5‐Dihydro‐5‐(1‐hydroxyhexyl)furan‐2(3H)‐one) Isomers

The chemical synthesis of deuterated isomeric 6,7‐dihydroxydodecanoic acid methyl esters 1 and the subsequent metabolism of esters 1 and the corresponding acids 1a in liquid cultures of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was investigated. Incubation experiments with (6R,7R)‐ or (6S,7S)‐6,7‐dihydroxy(6,7‐²H₂)dodecanoic acid methyl ester ((6R,7R)‐ or (6S,7S)‐(6,7‐²H₂)‐ 1 , resp.) and (±)‐threo‐ or (±)‐erythro‐6,7‐dihydroxy(6,7‐²H₂)dodecanoic acid ((±)‐threo‐ or (±)‐erythro‐(6,7‐²H₂)‐ 1a , resp.) elucidated their metabolic pathway in yeast (Tables 1–3). The main products were isomeric ²H‐labeled 5‐hydroxydecano‐4‐lactones 2 . The absolute configuration of the four isomeric lactones 2 was assigned by chemical synthesis via Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation and chiral gas chromatography (Lipodex ^® E). The enantiomers of threo‐ 2 were separated without derivatization on Lipodex ^® E; in contrast, the enantiomers of erythro‐ 2 could be separated only after transformation to their 5‐O‐(trifluoroacetyl) derivatives. Biotransformation of the methyl ester (6R,7R)‐(6,7‐²H₂)‐ 1 led to (4R,5R)‐ and (4S,5R)‐(2,5‐²H₂)‐ 2 (ratio ca. 4 : 1; Table 2). Estimation of the label content and position of (4S,5R)‐(2,5‐²H₂)‐ 2 showed 95% label at C(5), 68% label at C(2), and no ²H at C(4) (Table 2). Therefore, oxidation and subsequent reduction with inversion at C(4) of 4,5‐dihydroxydecanoic acid and transfer of ²H from C(4) to C(2) is postulated. The 5‐hydroxydecano‐4‐lactones 2 are of biochemical importance: during the fermentation of Streptomyces griseus, (4S,5R)‐ 2 , known as L‐factor, occurs temporarily before the antibiotic production, and (?)‐muricatacin (=(4R,5R)‐5‐hydroxy‐heptadecano‐4‐lactone), a homologue of (4R,5R)‐ 2 , is an anticancer agent.     

Metabolism of Deuterated threo‐Dihydroxy Fatty Acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Enantioselective Formation and Characterization of Hydroxylactones and γ‐Lactones

Biotransformation of (±)‐threo‐7,8‐dihydroxy(7,8‐²H₂)tetradecanoic acids (threo‐(7,8‐²H₂)‐ 3 ) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae afforded 5,6‐dihydroxy(5,6‐²H₂)dodecanoic acids (threo‐(5,6‐²H₂)‐ 4 ), which were converted to (5S,6S)‐6‐hydroxy(5,6‐²H₂)dodecano‐5‐lactone ((5S,6S)‐(5,6‐²H₂)‐ 7 ) with 80% e.e. and (5S,6S)‐5‐hydroxy(5,6‐²H₂)dodecano‐6‐lactone ((5S,6S)‐5,6‐²H₂)‐ 8 ). Further β‐oxidation of threo‐(5,6‐²H₂)‐ 4 yielded 3,4‐dihydroxy(3,4‐²H₂)decanoic acids (threo‐(3,4‐²H₂)‐ 5 ), which were converted to (3R,4R)‐3‐hydroxy(3,4‐²H₂)decano‐4‐lactone ((3R,4R)‐ 9 ) with 44% e.e. and converted to ²H‐labeled decano‐4‐lactones ((4R)‐(3‐²H₁)‐ and (4R)‐(2,3‐²H₂)‐ 6 ) with 96% e.e. These results were confirmed by experiments in which (±)‐threo‐3,4‐dihydroxy(3,4‐²H₂)decanoic acids (threo‐(3,4‐²H₂)‐ 5 ) were incubated with yeast. From incubations of methyl (5S,6S)‐ and (5R,6R)‐5,6‐dihydroxy(5,6‐²H₂)dodecanoates ((5S,6S)‐ and (5R,6R)‐(5,6‐²H₂)‐ 4a ), the (5S,6S)‐enantiomer was identified as the precursor of (4R)‐(3‐²H₁)‐ and (2,3‐²H₂)‐ 6 ). Therefore, (4R)‐ 6 is synthesized from (3S,4S)‐ 5 by an oxidation/keto acid reduction pathway involving hydrogen transfer from C(4) to C(2). In an analogous experiment, methyl (9S,10S)‐9,10‐dihydroxyoctadecanoate ((9S,10S)‐ 10a ) was metabolized to (3S,4S)‐3,4‐dihydroxydodecanoic acid ((3S,4S)‐ 15 ) and converted to (4R)‐dodecano‐4‐lactone ((4R)‐ 18 ).     

Synthesis,Antiproliferative, and c‐Src Kinase Inhibitory Activities of 4‐Oxo‐4H‐1‐benzopyran Derivatives

A new class of 4‐oxo‐4H‐1‐benzopyran derivatives were synthesized and their antiproliferative activity examined against a panel of three human cancer cell lines, that is, breast carcinoma (MDA‐MB‐468), ovarian adenocarcinoma (SK‐OV‐3), and colorectal adenocarcinoma (HT‐29). Two compounds, that is, 3‐hexyl‐7,8‐dihydroxy‐4‐oxo‐4H‐1‐benzopyran and (E)‐ethyl 3‐(7‐methoxy‐4‐oxo‐4H‐1‐benzopyran‐3‐yl)acrylate were found to be potent against all three cancer cell lines studied at 50 μM concentration. Also, the inhibitory potency of the compounds was evaluated against active Src kinase. A few of these compounds exhibited modest Src kinase inhibitory activity (IC₅₀ = 52–57 μM). Structure‐activity relationship studies with respect to the nature and position of substituents on the lead compounds could be further exploited for the design and development of more potent antiproliferative agents and/or Src kinase inhibitors.     

Strukturen der Alkalimetallsalze aromatischer,heterocyclischer Amide: Synthese und Struktur von Kronenether‐Addukten der Alkalimetall‐indolide

Structures of Alkali Metal Salts of Aromatic, Heterocyclic Amides: Synthesis and Structure of Crown Ether Adducts of the Alkali Metal Indolides The synthesis of five alkali metal indolide crown ether complexes is reported. Lithium‐indolide(12‐crown‐4) ( 1 ) was synthezised from butyllithium, indole, and 12‐crown‐4; sodium‐indolide(15‐crown‐5) ( 2 ) from sodium metal, indole, and 15‐crown‐5; potassium‐indolide(18‐crown‐6) ( 3 ) from potassium hydride, indole, and 18‐crown‐6. Rubidium‐ and cesium‐indolide(18‐crown‐6) ( 4 , 5 ) were made from Rb‐ and Cs‐hexamethyldisilazide, indole, and 18‐crown‐6. The structures of 2 , 4 , and 5 could be determined by X‐ray diffraction. The complexes 2 and 4 are mononuclear, the indolide anion shows an η¹(N)‐coordination to the metal cation. Complex 5 is dinuclear with a central [Cs—N—]₂‐ring.     

Synthesis,alkali metal picrate extraction,and alkali metal cation binding selectivities of some new cage‐annulated polyoxamacrocyclic crown ethers

Five new cage‐annulated crown ethers, i.e., 4a, 4b, 6b, 11a, and 11b, have been synthesized and their respective alkali metal picrate extraction profiles along with that of a previously synthesized host molecule, 6a, have been obtained. These results are compared with the corresponding results obtained for electrospray ionization mass spectrometric (ESI‐MS) measurements of relative binding selectivities displayed by the same hosts toward a series of alkali metal chlorides. Among the crown‐5 hosts studied, 6a displays enhanced avidity toward complexation with K⁺ picrate in liquid‐liquid extraction experiments. Among the three crown‐6 hosts, 4b proved to be the best alkali metal picrate extractant and displayed significant levels of avidity toward complexation with the larger alkali metal cations (i.e., K⁺, Rb⁺, and Cs⁺). The trends in the picrate extraction and the ESI‐MS results obtained herein show several notable similarities and some differences. The similarities generally stem from size‐selective binding properties that are intrinsic to the different cavity sizes of the cage‐annulated macrocycles, whereas the differences reflect the important influence of solvation effects on the binding properties of the macrocycles.     

Complex forming and extraction properties of oligo benzo-fused crown ethers

The complex forming properties with alkali metal and ammonium ions of a series of oligo benzo-condensed 18-crown-6 ethers1–8 having a different gradation of lipophilicity and of molecular rigidity are investigated by voltammetry at the interface of two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) and by a liquid-liquid extraction technique. The experimental results obtained in the two phase system H₂O/nitrobenzene are discussed in relation to the structure of the crown and the cation type. The stability constants for the 1 : 1 complexes of Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Cs⁺ and NH ₄ ⁺ in nitrobenzene have been determined and compared with the extraction constants for the 1: 1 complexes of Na⁺ and K⁺ and for the 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 complexes of Cs⁺, showing the effect of oligo benzo condensation for the 18-crown-6 system.     

The synthesis and fluorescence properties of novel chromenone-crown ethers

o-Dihyroxy-3-phenylchromenone derivatives, namely, 6,7-dihydroxy-3-(3′,4′-dimethoxyphenyl)chromenone and 6,7-dimethoxy-3-(3′,4′-dihydroxyphenyl)chromenone, were obtained from 2,4,5-trihydroxybenzaldehyde/3,4-dimethoxyphenylacetic acid and 2-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde/3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, respectively, in the presence of acetic anhydride and sodium acetate under an inert atmosphere, after treatment with MeOH/HCl(aq). The chromenone-crown ethers were prepared from cyclic condensation of o-dihydroxy-3-phenylchromenones with poly(ethylene glycol) ditosylates in the presence of CH₃CN/alkali metal carbonates. The chromatographically purified novel chromenone-crown ethers were identified by ¹H NMR, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. The fluorescence and UV–vis spectroscopic properties of the obtained chromenone-crown ethers and their complexes with Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺ perchlorate salts were estimated in acetonitrile. The quantum yields of novel chromenone-crown ethers were determined by the comparative method.

     

Macrocycle opening in crown ethers

Macrocycle opening in derivatives of benzocrown ethers under the action of amines is affected by the nature of the heteroatoms in the macrocycle, the nature of the functional group in the benzene ring of the crown ether, and the length, branching, and number of hydrocarbon radicals at the amine nitrogen atom. A distinguishing feature of this reaction is the template effect of MeNH₃ ⁺, Me₂NH₂ ⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺ ions.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 687–692, March, 1996.For Part I see Ref. 1.     

Absorption and fluorescence properties of acridinones,thioacridinones, aminoacridines and related crown ethers

We report a study on the absorptive and emissive properties of 9‐acridinones, 9‐thioacridinones and 9‐aminoacridines including six crown ether derivatives. The effect of solvents and of the addition of cations (Na⁺, K⁺, Ca2⁺ and Mg2⁺) on these properties has been studied. The absorption of the crown ether derivative of 9‐thioacridinone is sensitive to solvents while the fluorescence of crown ethers derived from 9‐aminoacridines shows some specificity towards cations. Empirical modeling was used to discuss the emission characteristics of these compounds.     

Kinetics and mechanism of gas‐phase pyrolysis of N‐aryl‐3‐oxobutanamide ketoanilides,their 2‐arylhydrazono derivatives,and related compounds

Rates and products of reaction and Arrhenius activation parameters were determined for the gas‐phase thermolysis of 14 substrates of the title compounds using sealed pyrex reactor tubes and HPLC/UV‐VIS to monitor substrate pyrolysis. The 14 compounds under study are N‐phenyl‐3‐oxo‐ ( 1 ), N‐(p‐chlorophenyl)‐3‐oxo‐ ( 2 ), N‐(p‐methylphenyl)‐3‐oxo‐ ( 3 ), and N‐(p‐methoxyphenyl)‐3‐oxobutanamide ( 4 ), in addition to (i) four substrates ( 5–8 ) obtained by the replacement of the pairs of methylene hydrogens at the 2‐position of compounds ( 1–4 ), each pair by a phenylhydrazono group; (ii) three arylhydrazono derivatives ( 9–11 ) in which Cl, CH₃, or OCH₃ groups are substituted at the para position of the phenylhydrazono moiety of compound 5 ; (iii) 3‐oxobutanamide (acetoacetamide, 12 ), N‐phenyl‐3‐oxo‐3‐phenylpropanamide ( 13 ), and N,N′‐diphenylpropanediamide ( 14 ). The reactions were conducted over 374–546 K temperature range, and the values of the Arrhenius log A(s^?1) and E_a(kJ mol^?1) of these reactions were, respectively, 12.0 ± 2.0 and 119.2 ± 17.0 for the ketoanilides ( 1–4, 12–14 ), and 13.0 ± 0.7 and 157.5 ± 8.6 for the arylhyrazono compounds ( 5–11 ). Kinetically, the arylhydrazono derivatives were found to be ca. 1.4 × 10³ to 5.7 × 10³ times less reactive than the parent ketoanilides. A mechanism is proposed to account for reaction products and to rationalize molecular reactivities. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 39: 82–91, 2007     

Hydrogen Storage in a Potassium‐Ion‐Bound Metal–Organic Framework Incorporating Crown Ether Struts as Specific Cation Binding Sites

To develop a metal–organic framework (MOF) for hydrogen storage, SNU‐200 incorporating a 18‐crown‐6 ether moiety as a specific binding site for selected cations has been synthesized. SNU‐200 binds K⁺, NH₄⁺, and methyl viologen(MV²⁺) through single‐crystal to single‐crystal transformations. It exhibits characteristic gas‐sorption properties depending on the bound cation. SNU‐200 activated with supercritical CO₂ shows a higher isosteric heat (Q_st) of H₂ adsorption (7.70 kJ mol^?1) than other zinc‐based MOFs. Among the cation inclusions, K⁺ is the best for enhancing the isosteric heat of the H₂ adsorption (9.92 kJ mol^?1) as a result of the accessible open metal sites on the K⁺ ion.     

Synthesis of crown ethers bearing 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazone

The o‐dihydroxy‐ ( 2a‐b ), dimethoxy ( 3a‐b ), ethylendioxy‐ ( 4a‐b ) and macrocyclic polyethers ( 4c‐i ) are the initial compounds while the 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazone compounds ( 5a‐d, 6a‐i ) represent new derivatives. Novel hydrazone compounds were synthesized from the corresponding cyclic ketones ( 4a‐i ) and 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazine in H₂SO₄/EtOH/H₂O solution at room temperature for 1 h. The structures of obtained hydrazone compounds were confirmed by ¹H‐NMR, ¹³C‐NMR, EI‐MS, IR spectra and elemental analysis.     

Synthesis of novel crown ethers. Part 1. Coumestan and coumestan analog derivatives of crown ethers

The presented ethylenedioxy compounds5a,5d,6a and6c are examples of novel cyclic ethers, while macrocyclic polyethers represent new crown ether analogues. New coumestan-crowns5a-f, derivatives of 6,7-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-dibenzofuran-1-one and 6,7-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-dibenzofuran-1-one6a-e were synthesized from the correspondingo-dihydroxy compounds3a-b,4a-b and ditosylates or dichlorides of di- or triethylene glycol in the presence of K₂CO₃, in DMF/H₂O (15/1) solutions at 65–75 °C for 35 hours. The structure of the macrocyclic ethers obtained were confirmed by¹H-NMR,¹³C-NMR, IR spectra and elemental analyses.Presented at the Sixth International Seminar on Inclusion Compounds, Istanbul, Turkey, 27–31 August, 1995.     

4‐Methoxyanilinium tetrafluoroborate–dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6 (1/1)

In the structure of the complex of dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6 [systematic name: 2,5,8,15,18,21‐hexaoxatricyclo[20.4.0.0^9,14]hexacosa‐1(26),9,11,13,22,24‐hexaene] with 4‐methoxyanilinium tetrafluoroborate, C₇H₁₀NO⁺·BF₄⁻·C₂₀H₂₄O₆, the protonated 4‐methoxyanilinium (MB‐NH₃⁺) cation forms a 1:1 supramolecular rotator–stator complex with the dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6 molecule via N—H...O hydrogen bonds. The MB‐NH₃⁺ group is attached from the convex side of the bowl‐shaped crown, in contrast with similar ammonium cations that nest in the curvature of the bowl. The cations are associated via C—H...π interactions, while the cations and anions are linked by weak C—H...F hydrogen bonds, forming cation–crown–anion chains parallel to [011].     

Supramolecular Fullerene Chemistry: A Comprehensive Study of Cyclophane‐Type Mono‐ and Bis‐Crown Ether Conjugates of C70

The covalently templated bis‐functionalization of C₇₀, employing bis‐malonate 5 tethered by an anti‐disubstituted dibenzo[18]crown‐6 (DB18C6) ether, proceeds with complete regiospecificity and provides two diastereoisomeric pairs of enantiomeric C₇₀ crown ether conjugates, (±)‐ 7a and (±)‐ 7b , featuring a five o'clock bis‐addition pattern that is disfavored in sequential transformations (Scheme 1). The identity of (±)‐ 7a was revealed by X‐ray crystal‐structure analysis (Fig. 6). With bis‐malonate 6 containing a syn‐disubstituted DB18C6 tether, the regioselectivity of the macrocylization via double Bingel cyclopropanation changed completely, affording two constitutionally isomeric C₇₀ crown ether conjugates in a ca. 1 : 1 ratio featuring the twelve ( 16 ) and two o'clock ((±)‐ 15 ) addition patterns, respectively (Scheme 3). The X‐ray crystal‐structure analysis of the twelve o'clock bis‐adduct 16 revealed that a H₂O molecule was included in the crown ether cavity (Figs. 7 and 8). Two sequential Bingel macrocyclizations, first with anti‐DB18C6‐tethered ( 5 ) and subsequently with syn‐DB18C6‐tethered ( 6 ) bis‐malonates, provided access to the first fullerene bis‐crown ether conjugates. The two diastereoisomeric pairs of enantiomers (±)‐ 28a and (±)‐ 28b were formed in high yield and with complete regioselectivity (Scheme 9). The cation‐binding properties of all C₇₀ crown‐ether conjugates were determined with the help of ion‐selective electrodes (ISEs). Mono‐crown ether conjugates form stable 1 : 1 complexes with alkali‐metal ions, whereas the tetrakis‐adducts of C₇₀, featuring two covalently attached crown ethers, form stable 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 host‐guest complexes (Table 2). Comparative studies showed that the conformation of the DB18C6 ionophore imposed by the macrocyclic bridging to the fullerene is not particularly favorable for strong association. Reference compound (±)‐ 22 (Scheme 4), in which the DB18C6 moiety is attached to the C₇₀ sphere by a single bridge only and, therefore, possesses higher conformational flexibility, binds K⁺ and Na⁺ ions better by factors of 2 and 20, respectively. Electrochemical studies demonstrate that cation complexation at the crown ether site causes significant anodic shifts of the first reduction potential of the appended fullerene (Table 3). In case of the C₇₀ mono‐crown ether conjugates featuring a five o'clock functionalization pattern, addition of 1 equiv. of KPF₆ caused an anodic shift of the first reduction wave in the cyclic voltammogram (CV) by 70 to 80 mV, which is the result of the electrostatic effect of the K⁺ ion bound closely to the fullerene core (Fig. 14). Addition of 2 equiv. of K⁺ ions to C₇₀ bis‐crown ether conjugates resulted in the observation of only one redox couple, whose potential is anodically shifted by 170 mV with respect to the corresponding wave in the absence of the salt (Fig. 16). The synthesis and characterization of novel tris‐ and tetrakis‐adducts of C₇₀ are reported (Schemes 5 and 6). Attempts to prepare even more highly functionalized derivatives resulted in the formation of novel pentakis‐ and hexakis‐adducts and a single heptakis‐adduct (Scheme 7), which were characterized by ¹H‐ and ¹³C‐NMR spectroscopy (Fig. 10), as well as matrix‐assisted laser‐desorption‐ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF‐MS). Based on predictions from density‐functional‐theory (DFT) calculations (Figs. 12 and 13), structures are proposed for the tris‐, tetrakis‐, and pentakis‐adducts.