New hosts, m- and p-bis(diphenylhydroxymethyl)benzene and 2,2′-bis(diphenylhydroxymethyl)-1,1′-diphenyl, were found to exhibit high and selective inclusion tendencies toward a wide variety of guest compounds. Crystal structures of two representative acetone complexes were determined.
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Toda et al. (1989) studied this question.