Summary

A comprehensive, modern overview of the field of supramolecular chemistry and its evolution into the nanoscale; the first integrated textbook written specifically for students Second edition now contains five new chapters: ion pair receptors, molecular guests in solution, network solids, gels, and nanochemistry Includes examples, worked problems and references All techniques are introduced from the supramolecular chemist's perspective Wiley supplementary website also available with Powerpoint slides for instructors ; Author maintains a website of relevant URLs and additional information

Author Biography

Jonathan W. Steed was born in London, UK in 1969. He obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees at University College London, working with Derek Tocher on coordination and organometallic chemistry directed towards inorganic drugs and new metal-mediated synthesis methodologies. He graduated in 1993, winning the Ramsay Medal for his Ph.D. work. Between 1993 and 1995 he was a NATO postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alabama and University of Missouri, working with Jerry Atwood. In 1995 he was appointed as a Lecturer at Kings College London and in 1998 he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Meldola Medal. In 2004 he joined Durham University where he is currently Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. As well as Supramolecular Chemistry (2000) Professor Steed is co-author of the textbook Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry (2007) and more than 200 research papers. He has published a large number of reviews, book chapters and popular articles as well as two major edited works, the Encyclopaedia of Supramolecular Chemistry (2004) and Organic Nanostructures (2008). He has been an Associate Editor of New Journal of Chemistry since 2001 and is the recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching (2006). His interests are in supramolecular sensing and molecular materials chemistry.

Jerry L. Atwood was born in Springfield MO, USA in 1942. He attended Southwest Missouri State University, where he obtained his B.S. degree in 1964. He carried out graduate research with Galen Stuckey at the University of Illinois, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1968. He was immediately appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama, where he rose through Associate Professor (1972) to full Professor in 1978. In 1994 he was appointed Professor and Chair at the University of Missouri – Columbia. Professor Atwood is the author of more than 600 scientific publications. His research interests revolve around a number of themes in supramolecular chemistry including gas storage and separation and the control of confi ned space. He has also worked on the self-assembly of noncovalent capsules, liquid clathrate chemistry, anion binding and fundamental solid state interactions, and is a world-renown crystallographer. He co-founded the journals Supramolecular Chemistry (1992) and Journal of Inclusion Phenomena (1983). He has edited an enormous range of seminal works in supramolecular chemistry including the fi ve-volume series Inclusion Compounds (1984 and 1991) and the 11-volume Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry (1996). In 2000 he was awarded the Izatt-Christensen Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry.

About the Authors
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Concepts
Defi nition and Development of Supramolecular Chemistry
Classifi cation of Supramolecular Host-Guest Compounds
Receptors, Coordination and the Lock and Key Analogy
Binding Constants
Cooperativity and the Chelate Effect
Preorganisation and Complementarity
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Selectivity, and Discrimination
Nature of Supramolecular Interactions
Solvation and Hydrophobic Effects
Supramolecular Concepts and Design
The Supramolecular Chemistry of Life
Biological Inspiration for Supramolecular Chemistry
Alkali Metal Cations in Biochemistry
Porphyrins and Tetrapyrrole Macrocycles
Supramolecular Features of Plant Photosynthesis
Uptake and Transport of Oxygen by Haemoglobin
Enzymes and Coenzymes
Neurotransmitters and Hormones
Semiochemistry in the Natural World
DNA
Biochemical Self-Assembly
Cation-Binding Hosts
Introduction to Coordination Chemistry
The Crown Ethers
The Lariat Ethers and Podands
The Cryptands
The Spherands
Nomenclature of Cation-Binding Macrocycles
Selectivity of Cation Complexation
Solution Behaviour
Synthesis: The Template Effect and High Dilution
Soft Ligands for Soft Metal Ions
Proton Binding: The Simplest Cation
Complexation of Organic Cations
Alkalides and Electrides
The Calixarenes
Carbon Donor and -+-acid Ligands
The Siderophores
Anion Binding
Introduction
Biological Anion Receptors
Concepts in Anion Host Design
From Cation Hosts to Anion Hosts - a Simple Change in pH
Guanidinium-Based Receptors
Neutral Receptors
Inert Metal-Containing Receptors
Common Core Scaffolds
Ion Pair Receptors
Simultaneous Anion and Cation Binding
Labile Complexes as Anion Hosts
Receptors for Zwitterions
Molecular Guests in Solution
Molecular Hosts and Molecular Guests
Intrinsic Curvature: Guest Binding by Cavitands
Cyclodextrins
Molecular Clefts and Tweezers
Cyclophane Hosts
Constructing a Solution Host from Clathrate-Forming Building Blocks: The Cryptophanes
Covalent Cavities: Carcerands and Hemicarcerands
Solid-State Inclusion Compounds
Solid-State Host-Guest Compounds
Clathrate Hydrates
Urea and Thiourea Clathrates
Other Channel Clathrates
Hydroquinone, Phenol, Dianin's Compound and the Hexahost Strategy
Tri-o-thymotide
Cyclotriveratrylene
Inclusion Compounds of the Calixarenes
Solid-Gas and Solid-Liquid Reactions in Molecular Crystals
Crystal Engineering
Concepts
Crystal Nucleation and Growth
Understanding Crystal Structures
The Cambridge Structural Database
Polymorphism
Co-c
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