Supramolecular Chemistry (NATO Science Series C:

by Vincenzo Balzani (Editor), L. de Cola (Editor)

Foreword. Preface. Self-Assembly in Chemical Systems. Hydrogen Bonding in Supramolecular Functions. New Shapes for Selective Molecular Recognition from Calixaneres. Calixaneres, Molecular Platforms for Supramolecular Structures. Molecules with Large Cavities. Selective Complexation of Inorganic and Organic Guests. Multi-Electron Redox Activity of Supramolecular Coordination Compounds Containing Metallocyclam and Ferrocene Fragments. New Approaches to Anion Coordination Chemistry. Acyclic Quarternary Polybipyridinium Receptors Designed to Bind Anionic Guest Species. Supramolecular Cyclophane Chemistry. New Synthetic Receptors for Complexation and Catalysis. Unimolecular Micelles. Ru(II) and/or Os(II) Trimetallic Complexes of Tris(bipyridine) Bridging Ligands. Absorption Spectra, Luminescence Properties, Electrochemical Behavior, and Intercomponent Energy Transfer. Kinetic and Spectroscopic Investigation of the Influence of Conformation and Orbital-Symmetry on Longe-Range Intramolecular Donor-Acceptor Interaction. Supramolecular Arrays for the Efficient Conversion of Light into Chemical Energy in the Solid State. Into the Third Dimension of Coordination Towards Starburst Arrays. Antenna Effects and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Polynuclear Metal Complexes. Long-Range Electron and Energy Transfer in Molecular Assemblies. Synthetic Molecular Knots. Proton Transfer Photoreactions in Supramolecular Systems. The Optimization of Photochemical Energy Synthetic Supramolecular Devices vis-à-vis Photosynthesis. Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Donor Acceptor Systems Linked by a Flexible Chain. Attempts to Mimic Biomembrane Function of Phospholipase A2 at Lipid Monolayers. Photochemistry of Crown Ether Styryl Dyes. Towards Synthetic Enzymes Based on Porphyrins and Steroids. Photophysical Properties of Thionine and Methylene Blue when Bound to DNA, Polynucleotides or Nucleotides. Structure andBinding for Cyclophane-Arene Complexes in Water from Monte Carlo Simulations. Photoinduced Electron Transfer Between Intercalated Using Polynucleotides to Self-Assemble Donor-Acceptor Systems. Synthesis and Properties of Heterometal Cubane-Type Clusters in Ferredoxins. Binding and Catalysis in Water. Ferrocene as the Central Unit in Novel, Redox-Sensitive Ligands, Monomers, and Receptors. Author Index. Subject Index.

476 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1987