This second volume, containing 18 chapters, is devoted to the design, synthesis and complexing
ability for molecular guest substances of the presently known synthetic host compounds.
Uncharged organic molecules, cations and anions are the targets to be selectively complexed,
imprisoned, transported and extracted. The first chapters provide a more general introduction
into macrocycle synthesis and well known examples of complementary host/guest structures as
well as into the supramolecular binding types. The following chapters consequently give
detailed insight into the hitherto known synthetic receptor substances of all kinds (including
crown compounds, calixarenes, carcerands, siderophores etc) and their selective interaction with
fitting molecular guest substrates.
This volume contains many structural and host/guest illustrations including coloured
illustrations, and also refers to other volumes of this series with regard to, for example, template
synthesis, catenanes, analytical applications etc.
