Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Simple modifications of the TiCl 4 -induced cyclocondensation of phenol derivatives raise the yields of pure calix [4]arenes, even in the presence of electron-withdrawing substituents. The first example of a calix [6]arene with alternate substituents is given.