This second volume, containing 18 chapters, is devoted to the design, synthesis and complexingability 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 introductioninto macrocycle synthesis and well known examples of complementary host/guest structures aswell as into the supramolecular binding types. The following chapters consequently givedetailed insight into the hitherto known synthetic receptor substances of all kinds (includingcrown compounds, calixarenes, carcerands, siderophores etc) and their selective interaction withfitting molecular guest substrates.This volume contains many structural and host/guest illustrations including colouredillustrations, and also refers to other volumes of this series with regard to, for example, templatesynthesis, catenanes, analytical applications etc.

This second volume, containing 18 chapters, is devoted to the design, synthesis and complexingability 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 introductioninto macrocycle synthesis and well known examples of complementary host/guest structures aswell as into the supramolecular binding types. The following chapters consequently givedetailed insight into the hitherto known synthetic receptor substances of all kinds (includingcrown compounds, calixarenes, carcerands, siderophores etc) and their selective interaction withfitting molecular guest substrates.This volume contains many structural and host/guest illustrations including colouredillustrations, and also refers to other volumes of this series with regard to, for example, templatesynthesis, catenanes, analytical applications etc.