Treatment of tetra-iso-butyl-resorcin[4]arene 1 with propargyl bromide in the presence of K2CO3 as base gave an octopus-like octapropargyl tetra-iso-butyl-resorcin[4]arene 2 （C68H72O8, Mr = 1017.26） in a quantitative yield. Single-crystal structure of 2 was determined by X-ray crystallography. 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/n with a =13.3247（6）, b = 24.7929（11）, c = 19.1810（9）A°, β = 109.272（1）°, V= 5981.5（5） A°^3, Dc = 1.130g/cm^3,μ = 0.073 mm^-1, F（000） = 2176 and Z = 4. Overall structure of 2 reveals an octopus-like resorcinarene with eight propargyl groups in different directions. The resorcinarene adopts the boat conformation where the iso-butyl residues act as four-legged piano stool. The two opposite aryl rings of the macrocyclic framework are almost coplanar, and the two others facing each other are perpendicular to this plane.
