Supramolecular Chemistry

✍ Scribed by Peter R. Ashton, Richard A. Bissell, Douglas Philp (auth.), V. Balzani, L. De Cola (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 464
• Series: NATO ASI Series 371
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first NATO Science Forum was held in Biarritz in September 1990. This Taormina Conference is the second in a series that we wish to be a long one and I believe that it has equalled the success of its predecessor. In setting up these meetings the NATO Science Committee wanted to gather leading experts to review fields of strong present interest. It was intended that presentations and discussions should pay special attention to potential developments. This "forward look" is indeed precious to us in mapping out the evolution of our Science Programme but more importantly, it is an essential part of the progress of Science. I believe that NATO, being able to bring together eminent scientists from both sides of the Atlantic, is in a priviliged position to provide this service to our Scientific Community. It was only proper that Chemistry should be one of the first areas to be targeted: a central science with many rich borders touching on other disciplines, it deserved the full attention of our Committee. In its vast domain, among many possible topics, the present one was carefully selected and its choice resulted from an extensive consultation of many leading chemists. The large fraction of replies which pointed to Supramolecular Chemistry left us with little doubt about the timeliness of a Forum in this area and the strong interest attached to it.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Self-Assembly in Chemical Systems....Pages 1-16
Hydrogen Bonding in Supramolecular Functions....Pages 17-30
New Shapes For Selective Molecular Recognition From Calixarenes....Pages 31-50
Calix[4]arenes, Molecular Platforms for Supramolecular Structures....Pages 51-70
Molecules with Large Cavities -Selective Complexation of Inorganic and Organic Guests....Pages 71-86
Multi-Electron Redox Activity of Supramolecular Coordination Compounds Containing Metallocyclam and Ferrocene Fragments....Pages 87-103
New Approaches to Anion Coordination Chemistry -Acyclic Quaternary Polybipyridinium Receptors Designed to Bind Anionic Guest Species....Pages 105-118
Supramolecular Cyclophane Chemistry....Pages 119-136
New Synthetic Receptors for Complexation and Catalysis....Pages 137-144
Unimolecular Micelles.....Pages 145-155
Ru(II) and/or Os(II) Trimetallic Complexes of Tris(Bipyridine) Bridging Ligands. Absorption Spectra, Luminescence Properties, Electrochemical Behavior, and Intercomponent Energy Transfer.....Pages 157-180
Kinetic and Spectroscopic Investigation of The Influence of Conformation and Orbital-Symmetry on Long-Range Intramolecular Donor-Acceptor Interaction....Pages 181-200
Supramolecular Arrays for The Efficient Conversion of Light into Chemical Energy in the Solid State....Pages 201-218
Into The Third Dimension of Coordination Chemistry: Towards Starburst Arrays....Pages 219-233
Antenna Effects and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Polynuclear Metal Complexes....Pages 235-248
Long-Range Electron and Energy Transfer in Molecular Assemblies....Pages 249-258
Synthetic Molecular Knots....Pages 259-277
Proton Transfer Photoreactions in Supramolecular Systems....Pages 279-294
The Optimization of Photochemical Energy Conversion: Synthetic Supramolecular Devices Vis À Vis Photosynthesis....Pages 295-311
Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Donor Acceptor Systems Linked by a Flexible Chain....Pages 313-323
Attempts to Mimic Biomembrane Processes: Function of Phospholipase A 2 At Lipid Monolayers....Pages 325-341
Photochemistry of Crown Ether Styryl Dyes....Pages 343-358
Towards Synthetic Enzymes Based on Porphyrins and Steroids....Pages 359-374
Photophysical Properties of Thionine and Methylene Blue When Bound to Dna, Polynucleotides or Nucleotides....Pages 375-381
Structure and Binding for Cyclophane-Arene Complexes in Water From Monte Carlo Simulations....Pages 383-394
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Between Intercalated Molecules: Using Polynucleotides to Self-Assemble Donor-Acceptor Systems....Pages 395-402
Synthesis and Properties of Heterometal Cubane-Type Clusters in Ferredoxins....Pages 403-410
Binding and Catalysis in Water....Pages 411-428
Ferrocene as the Central Unit in Novel, Redox-Sensitive Ligands, Monomers, and Receptors....Pages 429-442
Back Matter....Pages 443-450

✦ Subjects

Physical Chemistry; Biochemistry, general