Solid-state supramolecular chemistry : crystal engineering

Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry covers for the first time in eleven detailed volumes the exciting inter- and multidisciplinary area of modern supramolecular chemistry. This subject, which has now reached an astonishing diversity and complexity, has developed at a remarkably rapid pace following the initial discoveries of crown ethers and cryptands in the late sixties.The numerous references, including many recent citations, constitute an unrivalled in-depth source for direct entry to the widespread primary literature on any aspect of this most highly topical area. The many carefully selected illustrations and instructive schematic representations make the chapters easily readable.

Volume 1 - Molecular Recognition: Receptors for Cationic Guests. Volume 2 - Molecular Recognition: Receptors for Molecular Guests. Volume 3 - Cyclodextrins. Volume 4 - Supramolecular Reactivity and Transport: Bioorganic Systems. Volume 5 - Supramolecular Reactivity and Transport: Bioinorganic Systems. Volume 6 - Solid-State Supramolecular Chemistry: Crystal Engineering. Volume 7 - Solid-State Supramolecular Chemistry: Two- and Three-Dimensional Inorganic Networks. Volume 8 - Physical Methods in Supramolecular Chemistry. Volume 9 - Templating Self-Assembly and Self-Organization. Voulme 10 - Supramolecular Technology. Volume 11 - Cumulative Index.

This volume, containing 27 chapters, provides a state-of-the-art account of the chemistry of solid-state supramolecular systems. Following a valuable introductory chapter reviewing important general principles, the coherent coverage is structured in the form of a series ofcontributions all written by experts in the respective areas comprehensively described. Throughout the volume, emphasis is placed not only on the design and structure of new hostsystems but also on practical applications of these novel materials in real chemical situations. The crystal engineering methods described relate to the synthesis of both organic and inorganictailor-made hosts. Also the reader is presented with highly relevant descriptions ofthermodynamic and kinetic considerations germane to the formation crystalline inclusioncompounds. The final chapter gives a fascinating account of the self-organisation of moleculesin two and three dimensions, crucially important to any process of crystal nucleation.

Review of general principles (G.R. Desiraju). Hydroquinone clathrates and diamondoid host lattices (T.C.W. Mak, B.R.F. Bracke). 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (trimesic acid) (F.H. Herbstein). Helical host lattices formed by alicyclic diols (R. Bishop). Gossypol: a versatile host molecule (M. Gdaniec, B.T. Ibragimov, S.A. Talipov). Deoxycholic acid and related hosts (M. Miyata, K. Sada). Urea, thiourea, and selenourea (K.D.M. Harris, M.D. Hollingsworth). Tri-o-thymotide and related hosts (R. Gerdil). Cyclotriveratrylene and related hosts (A. Collet). A survey of hydrocarbon hosts: biaryls, polyaryls, allenes, spiranes and cyclophanes (P. Dastidar, I. Goldberg). Tetraphenylene and related hosts (T.C.W. Mak, H.N.C. Wong). Perhydrotriphenylene: a D3 symmetric host (M. Farina, G. Di Silvestro, P. Sozzani). Cyclophosphazenes: structures and molecular selectives (T. Kobayashi, S. Isoda, K. Kubono). Symmetry in the evolution of host design (D.D. MacNicol, G.A. Downing). Design of dialkynic diols and other new bifunctional hosts (F. Toda). Onium salt hosts (F. Toda, K. Tanaka). Shape and symmetry in the design of new hosts (E. Weber). Survey of other potentially important hosts (P. Finocchiaro, S. Failla). Supramolecular chemistry in cyanometallate systems (T. Iwamoto). Werner clathrates (J. Lipkowski). Porphyrin-based lattice clathrates: a molecular masonary approach to crystal engineering (C.E. Strouse, M.P. Byrn, C.J. Curtis, Yu. Hsiou, S.I. Khan, P.A. Sawin, A. Terzis). Infinite frameworks (R. Robson). Hydrate inclusion compounds (G.A. Jeffrey). Stoichiometry and thermodynamics of clathrate systems (Yu.A. Dyadin, V.R. Belosludov). Phase transformations in inclusion compounds, kinetics and thermodynamics of enclathration (M.R. Caira, L.R. Nassimbeni). Cystalline microporous silicas as host-guest systems (H. Gies, B. Marler). Crystal engineering in two and three dimensions (I. Weissbuch, R. Popvitz-Biro, S. Weinbach, M. Lahav, L. Leiserowitz).