An impressive compilation of the numerous and varied approaches for using boronic acids for sensing of saccharides particularly timely.....a balanced and comprehensive collection of where the field began, how it has grown, and where it currently stands.....they provide compelling reasons for studying this often overlooked class of compounds.Without a doubt, this monograph is a great introduction for anyone interested in using boronic acids for sugar sensing.

• 1: Introduction;2: The Molecular Recognition of Saccharides;2.1: Molecular Recognition;2.2: The Importance of Saccharides;2.3: Non-Boronic Acid Appended Synthetic Sensors for Saccharides;3: Complexation of Boronic Acids with Saccharides;3.1: A Brief History;3.2: Acidity and the O-B-O Bond Angle;3.3: Complex Formation and Dependence on pH;3.4: Binding Constants and the Influence of Lewis Bases;4: Fluorescent Sensors;4.1: The Application of Fluorescence in Sensing;4.2: Photoexcitation and Subsequent Relaxation;4.3: Excited State Internal Charge Transfer (ICT);4.4: Fluorescent Internal Charge Transfer (ICT) Sensory Systems;4.5: Excited State Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET);4.6: Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Sensory Systems;4.7: Ditopic Sensors;4.8: Other Fluorescent Sensors;4.9: Amine - Boron (N-B) Interactions;4.10: The Importance of Pyranose to Furanose Interconversion;4.11: Summary;5: Modular Fluorescent Sensors;5.1: The Design Rationale;5.2: Modular Systems;5.3: Energy Transfer Systems;5.4: Fluorophore Dependence in Modular Systems;5.5: Other approaches;5.6: Summary;6: Other types of sensor;6.1: Colorimetric sensors;6.2: Electrochemical Sensors;6.3: Assay Systems;6.4: Polymer and Surface Bound Sensors;6.5: Odds and Ends;7: OTHER SYSTEMS FOR SACCHARIDE RECOGNITION;7.1: Receptors at the Air-Water Interface;7.2: Transport and Extraction;7.3: CD Receptors;7.4: Molecular Imprinting;8: Conclusions;9: Bibliography