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Ethyl Pyrogallarene and Pyrogallarene: Synthesis, Structural Analysis and Derivatization

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In the acid-catalyzed synthesis of ethyl pyrogall[4]arene, a novel hexamer, ethyl pyrogall[6] arene, is obtained as a readily isolable minor product. Pyrogall[6]arene can be isolated from the reaction mixture in three different ways yielding the hexamer in different forms and stabilities. Crystallization from DMSO and then recrystallization from acetone gives a stable crystalline solid, recrystallization directly from acetone yields an unstable white powder, while direct recrystallization from THF gives a stable white powder. Both pyrogall[4]arene and pyrogall[6]arene crystallize readily with DMSO filling the voids in the crystal lattice. Co-crystallization studies of the hexamer isolated by recrystallization from acetone resulted in a novel directly hydrogen-bonded capsule formed by two pyrogall[4]arenes and an included TMA cation, while the DMSO/acetone isolated product yielded the intact hexamer with clathrate-type TMA inclusion.