Macrocycles : construction, chemistry, and nanotechnology applications /

• Main Author: Davis, Frank, 1966-
• Other Authors: Higson, Séamus
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2011.
• Subjects: Macrocyclic compounds.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Material Science.; SCIENCE > Chemistry > Organic.; Electronic books.

"Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of organic, inorganic and analytical chemistry, materials science and nanotechnology"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Introduction
• Cyclophanes
• Crown Ethers, Cryptands and Other Compounds
• Calixarenes
• Heterocalixarenes and Calixnaphthalenes
• Cyclodextrins
• Cyclotriveratylenes and Cryptophanes
• Cucurbiturils
• Rotaxanes and Catenanes
• Other Supramolecular Systems, Molecular Motors, Machines and Nanotechnological Applications
• Index.
• Machine generated contents note: Preface.
• 1. Introduction.
• 1.1. Simple ring compounds.
• 1.2. Three dimensional aliphatic carbon structures.
• 1.3. Annulenes.
• 1.4. Multi-ring aromatic structures.
• 1.5. Porpyrins and phthalocanines.
• 1.6. Conclusions.
• References.
• 2. Cyclophanes.
• 2.1. Introduction to cyclophanes.
• 2.2. Cyclophanes with one aromatic system and aliphatic chain.
• 2.3. Cyclophanes with more than 1 aromatic ring.
• 2.4. Napthalenophanes and other aromatic systems.
• 2.5. Cyclophanes containing heteroaromatic systems.
• 2.6. Ferrocenophanes.
• References.
• 3. Crown ethers, cryptands and other compounds.
• 3.1. Introduction.
• 3.2. Crown ethers.
• 3.3. Simple complexes with crown ethers.
• 3.4. Azacrowns, cyclens and cyclams.
• 3.5. Crowns containing other heteroatoms.
• 3.6. Lariat and bibracchial crown ethers.
• 3.7. Cryptands.
• 3.8. Spherands.
• 3.9. Combined and multiple systems.
• 3.10. Applications of crown ethers and related compounds.
• 3.11. Conclusions.
• References.
• 4. Calixarenes.
• 4.1. Introduction to calixarenes.
• 4.2. History of the calixarenes.
• 4.3. Structures of calixarenes.
• 4.4. Chemical modification of calixarenes.
• 4.5. Complexes with calixarenes.
• 4.6. Bis- and multicalixarenes.
• 4.7. Oxacalixarenes, azacalixarenes and thiacalixarenes.
• 4.8. Resorcinarenes
• synthesis and structure.
• 4.9. Cavitands and carcerands.
• 4.10. Uses of calixarenes and conclusions.
• References.
• 5. Heterocalixarenes and calixnaphthalenes.
• 5.1. Introduction to heterocalixarenes and calixnaphthalenes.
• 5.2. Calixnaphthalenes.
• 5.3. Tropolone based macrocycles.
• 5.4. Calixfurans.
• 5.5. Calixpyrroles.
• 5.6. Calixindoles, calixpyridines and calixthiophenes.
• 5.7. Conclusions.
• References.
• 6. Cyclodextrins.
• 6.1. Introduction to cyclodextrins.
• 6.2. Complex formation by cyclodextrins.
• 6.3. Cyclodextrins of other sizes.
• 6.4. Modification reactions of cyclodextrins.
• 6.5. Selectivity of cyclodextrins.
• 6.6. Multiple cyclodextrin systems.
• 6.7. Polymeric cyclodextrins.
• 6.8. Cyclodextrins combined with other macrocyclic systems.
• 6.9. Therapeutic uses of cyclodextrins.
• 6.10. Other uses of cyclodextrins.
• 6.11. Conclusions.
• References.
• 7. Cyclotriveratylenes and cryptophanes.
• 7.1. Introduction to cyclotriveratrylenes and cryptophanes.
• 7.2. Synthesis of cyclotriveratrylenes.
• 7.3. Modification of cyclotriveratrylenes.
• 7.4. Synthesis of optically active cyclotriveratrylenes.
• 7.5. Modification of the bridging groups.
• 7.6. Modification of the aromatic rings with organometallic groups.
• 7.7. Selective binding applications of cyclotriveratrylenes.
• 7.8. Analogues of CTV.
• 7.9. Cryptophanes
• synthesis and structure.
• 7.10. Cryptophanes
• chemical modification.
• 7.11. Complexes with cryptophanes.
• 7.12. Cryptophane/Xenon complexes.
• 7.13. Other uses of cryptophanes.
• 7.14. Hemicryptophanes.
• 7.15. Conclusions.
• References.
• 8. Cucurbiturils.
• 8.1. Introduction to cucurbiturils.
• 8.2. Complexation behaviour of simple cucurbiturils.
• 8.3. Modification of cucurbiturils.
• 8.4. Uses of cucurbiturils.
• 8.5. Hemicucurbiturils.
• 8.6. Conclusions.
• References.
• 9. Rotaxanes and catenanes.
• 9.1. Introduction to rotaxanes and catenanes.
• 9.2. Rotaxanes.
• 9.3. Rotaxanes as molecular machines.
• 9.4. Thin films of rotaxanes.
• 9.5. Polyrotaxanes.
• 9.6. Catenanes.
• 9.7. Switchable catenanes.
• 9.8. Catenanes on surfaces.
• 9.9. Polycatenanes and catenated polymers.
• 9.10. Natural catenanes.
• 9.11. Conclusions.
• References.
• 10. Other supermolecular systems, molecular motors, machines and nanotechnological applications.
• 10.1. Introduction.
• 10.2. Other molecular systems.
• 10.3. Molecular devices, motors and machines.
• 10.4. Conclusions.
• References.