Acylative kinetic resolution of racemic cyclic cis-amino alcohol derivatives with a chiral nucleophilic catalyst proceeds enantioselectively (s = 10-21) at ambient temperature to give enantiopure recovered materials, and the % conversion of the acylation can be readily controlled by the amount of acid anhydride.

Several functional groups were introduced on the upper rim of (lower rim free) homooxacalix[3]arene for the first time. The swinging nitrohomooxacalix[3]arene host 1 was fixed in the cone conformation by complexation with n-hexylamine.

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