第4届国际杯芳烃会议(4th International Conference on Calixarenes)于1997年8月31日至9月4日在意大利帕尔马城的帕尔马大学举行。中、美、德、日、英、法、意、加等24个国家的208人出席了会议,提交论文189篇。杯芳烃化学的鼻祖、美国得克萨斯克利斯汀大学化学系教授C.D.Gutsche作了“杯芳烃化学概述”的主题报告,简要回顾了杯芳烃化学的发展以及对今后的展望。许多杯芳烃化学 The 4th International Conference on Calixarenes was held at the University of Parma in Parma, Italy from August 31 to September 4, 1997. 208 people from 24 countries including China, the United States, Germany, Japan, Britain, France, Italy and Canada attended the conference and 189 papers were submitted. C.D.Gutsche, a professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, made a keynote speech on “Chemistry of Calixarene” and briefly reviewed the development of calixarene chemistry and its future prospects. Many cups of aromatic chemistry