Pergamon Molecular Recognition: v.2: Receptors for Molecular Guests: Vol 2 (Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry)

This second volume, containing 18 chapters, is devoted to the design, synthesis and complexing ability for molecular guest substances of the presently known synthetic host compounds. Uncharged organic molecules, cations and anions are the targets to be selectively complexed, imprisoned, transported and extracted. The first chapters provide a more general introduction into macrocycle synthesis and well known examples of complementary host/guest structures as well as into the supramolecular binding types. The following chapters consequently give detailed insight into the hitherto known synthetic receptor substances of all kinds (including crown compounds, calixarenes, carcerands, siderophores etc) and their selective interaction with fitting molecular guest substrates. This volume contains many structural and host/guest illustrations including coloured illustrations, and also refers to other volumes of this series with regard to, for example, template synthesis, catenanes, analytical applications etc. Synopsis This second volume, containing 18 chapters, is devoted to the design, synthesis and complexing ability for molecular guest substances of the presently known synthetic host compounds. Uncharged organic molecules, cations and anions are the targets to be selectively complexed, imprisoned, transported and extracted. The first chapters provide a more general introduction into macrocycle synthesis and well known examples of complementary host/guest structures as well as into the supramolecular binding types. The following chapters consequently give detailed insight into the hitherto known synthetic receptor substances of all kinds (including crown compounds, calixarenes, carcerands, siderophores etc) and their selective interaction with fitting molecular guest substrates. This volume contains many structural and host/guest illustrations including coloured illustrations, and also refers to other volumes of this series with regard to, for example, template synthesis, catenanes, analytical applications etc.