Calixarenes 50th Anniversary: Commemorative Issue

Introducing Paper.- The Early History of Calixarene Chemistry.- Review Articles.- Inherently Chiral Calixarenes.- The Design of Cone-Fixed Calix[4]arene Analogs by Taking syn-[2.n]Metacyclophanes as a Building Block.- Conformational Properties of Calix[4]naphthalenes.- The Host-Guest Chemistry of Resorcinarenes.- Synthesis and Properties of Pyridinocalixarenes.- Calixarenes with Nitrogen or Phosphorus Substituents on the Lower Rim.- Homocalixarenes and Homocalixpyridines.- Calixcrowns and Related Molecules.- Calixarene-Based Sensing Agents.- Proximally Functionalized Cavitands and Synthesis of a Flexible Hemicarcerand.- Synthesis and Properties of N-Substituted Azacalix[n]arenas.- Arranging Coordination Sites around Cyclotriveratrylene.- X-Ray Crystallographic Studies of Tricarbonylchromium Complexes of Calix[4]arene Conformers on an Unusual Conformation which Appears in Cone Conformers.- Preparation, Structure and Stereodynamics of Phosphorus-Bridged Calixarenes.- Inclusion of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds by Calixarenes.- Calixarenes: Structure of an Acetonitrile Inclusion Complex and Some Metal Rimmed Derivatives.- Synthesis, Characterization, and X-Ray Structure of l,2-Bis-crown-5-calix[4]arene. Modeling of Metal Complexation.- Complexation Properties and Characterization of Four Conformers of a [2.1.2.1]Metacyclophane.- Synthesis and Ion Selectivity of Macrocyclic Metacyclophanes Analogous to Spherand-Type Calixarenes.- Polymeric Membrane Sodium-Selective Electrodes Based on Calix[4]arene Ionophores.- Recognition by New Diester and Diamide-Calix[4]arene Diquininones and a Diamide-Benzo-15-Crown-5 Calix[4]arene.- The Complexation of Ferrocene Derivatives by a Water-Soluble Calix[6]arene.- Thermodynamic and Electrochemical Aspects of p-tert-butyl-calix(n)arenes (n =4, 6, 8) and Their Interactions with Amines.- Advanced Materials.- Liquid Crystalline Calixarenes.- Nuclear Waste Treatment by Means of Supported Liquid Membranes Containing Calixcrown Compounds.- Conference Diary.- Author Index.