Abstract: | Fifteen new macrocyclic, macrobicyclic and macrotricyclic crown ether compounds with sym-dibenzo-16-crown-5 units have been prepared. The series includes macrocyclic polyether and bis(crown ether) compounds with proton-ionizable carboxylic or phosphonic acid monoethyl ester groups and bis(crown ether) and macrotricyclic polyether compounds with two sym-dibenzo-16-crown-5 units linked by amide, diamide, or diester functions. |