by Peter Cragg
Practical Guide to Supramolecular Chemistry is an introductory manual of practical experiments for chemists with little or no prior experience of supramolecular chemistry.
Features:
- Syntheses are clearly presented to facilitate the preparation of acyclic and macrocyclic compounds frequently encountered in supramolecular chemistry using straightforward experimental procedures.
- Describes techniques commonly used in the analysis of supramolecular behaviour, including computational methods, with many detailed examples
- Explains the historical and contemporary importance of each compound
Contents
Linear xomponents for supramolecular networks
- Flexible components
- Rigid components from schiff bases
- Flexible tripods
- Simple anion hosts
- Rigid platforms
Cyclic synthons
- Planar macrocycles from nature
- Artificial planar macrocycles - phthalocyanines andother cyclic systems
- Serendipitous macrosycles
- Adding functionality to the crowns
- Azacrowns with sidearms
- Water-soluble macrosycles
- Catenanes and rotaxanes
Molecular baskets, chalices and cages
- One for beginners
- Calixarences - essential supramolecular sythons
- Adding lower rim functionality to the calixarenes
- Adding upper rim functionality to the calixarenes
- Oxacalix[3]arenes
- Oxacalixarene derivatibves
- Azacalix[3]arenes
- Calixarene variations
- Molecular cages for cations and anions
Supramolecular assembly
- Detection, measurement, prediction and visualization
- X-ray crystallography
- Spectroscopic and spectrmetric techniques
- Binding constant determination
- Solid state vs. solution behavour
- Supramolecular chemistry in silico: molecular and associated techniques
- Computational approaches
- A protocol for supramolecular computational chemistry
- Examples of in silico supramolecular chemistry
Supramolecular phenomena
- Clathrates
- Stabilization of cation-anion pairs by by crown ethers: liquid clathrates
- Receptors for the ammonium ion
- Purification of fullerenes
- Making molecular boxes and capsules
- Self-complimentary species and self-replication
Index
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