Supramolecular Chemistry

Concepts Definition and development of Supramolecular Chemistry Classification of Supramolecular Host - Guest Compounds Receptors, Coordination and the Lock and Key Analogy The Chelate and Macrocyclic Effects Preorganisation and Complementarity Thermodynamic and Kinetic Selectivity Nature of Supramolecular Interactions The Supramolecular Chemistry of Life Alkali Metal Cations in Biochemistry Porphyrins and Tetrapyrrole Macrocycles Supramolecular Features of Plant of Photosynthesis Uptake and transport of Oxygen by Haemoglobin Coenzyme B_12 Neurotransmitters and Hormones DNA Biochemical Self Assembly Viagra(r): Beyond the Hype Cation-Binding Hosts The Crown Ethers Lariat Ethers and Podands Cryptands The Spherands Nomenclature Solution Behaviour Selectivity of Cation Complexation The Macrocyclic, Macrobicyclic and Template Effects Preorganisation and Complementarity Soft Ligands for Soft Metal Ions Complexation of Organic Cations Alkalides and Electrides The Calixarenes Carbon Donor and -acid Ligands The Siderophones Binding of Anions Introduction Biological Anion Receptors Concepts in Anion Host Design From Cation Hosts to Anion Hosts - a Simple Change in pH Guanidinium-Based Receptors Organometallic Receptors Neutral Receptors Hydride Sponge and Other Lewis Acid Chelates Anticrowns Coordination Interactions Binding of Neutral Molecules Inorganic Solid-State Clathrate Compounds Solid-State Clathrates of Organic Hosts Intracavity Complexes of Neutral Molecules: Solution and Solid-State Binding Supramolecular Chemistry of the Fullerenes Crystal Engineering Concepts Crystal Structure Prediction The Cambridge Crystallographic Structural Database Crystal Engineering of Diamondoid Lattices Crystal Engineering with Hydrogen Bonds Hydrogen Bonds to Carbon Monoxide Weak Hydrogen Bonds Hydrogen Bonds to Metals and Metal Hydrides - Stacking Other Interactions Awkward Shapes and Mismatch Coordination Polymers Biomimetic Structures Mixed Crystals: Hourglass Inclusions Templates and Self-Assembly Introduction Biochemical Self-Assembly Self-Assembly in Synthetic Systems: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Considerations Self-Assembling Coordination Compounds Self-Assembly of Closed Complexes by Hydrogen Bonding Catenanes and Rotaxanes Helicates Molecular Knots Catalytic and Self-Replicating Systems Molecular Devices Introduction Supramolecular Photochemistry Information and Signals: Semiochemistry Molecular Electronic Devices: Switches, Wires and Rectifiers Machines Based on Catenanes and Rotaxanes Nonlinear Optical Materials Dendrimers Biological Mimics Introduction Characteristics of Enzymes Cyclodextrins as Enzyme Mimics Corands as ATPase Mimics Cation-Binding Hosts as Transacyclase Mimics Metallobiosites Haem Analogues Vitamin B_12 Models Liquid Interfaces, Liquid Crystals and Liquid Clathrates Order in Liquids Surfactants and Interfacial Ordering Liquid Crystals Liquid Clathrates