Macrocycles
Subtitle: construction, chemistry, and nanotechnology applications
By: Frank Davis, Séamus Higson
Contributors: Higson, Séamus; Wiley online library
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 596
ISBN-13: 9780470980200; 9780470714621; 9780470714638
Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Material Science; Macrocyclic compounds
Description: "Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of organic, inorganic and analytical chemistry, materials science and nanotechnology"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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