Sulfobetaine derivatives of thiacalix[4]arene: synthesis and supramolecular self-assembly of submicron aggregates with AgI cations

Sulfobetaine derivatives of p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene in cone conformation have been synthesized for the first time. It has been shown by dynamic light scattering that the compounds form submicron-sized particles with silver cation in water, and the particle size depends on the length of a linker in the sulfobetaine moiety.