Self-Assembly of Coordination Cages and Spheres

摘要: Self-assembly employing coordination bonds provides symmetric, huge, hollow cages and spheres that are not attained by conventional synthetic methodologies based on covalent bonds. The self-assembled architectures merely aesthetically attractive; they offer fruitful functions, which otherwise cannot be realized in normal bulk conditions. For example, host serve as nanometer-sized molecular flasks where cavity-directed chemical transformations performed sealed chamber reactive species stabilized. shell frameworks of spherical complexes versatile scaffolds for precisely accumulating functional groups outside/inside the work cooperatively thus new functions emerge. Therefore, chemistry will further expand skeleton toward much more large, complex systems; implanted through elaborated designs afford creative innovations well-defined structures. Keywords: self-assembly; coordination bonds; cage compounds; Host–guest chemistry; cavity-directed reactions; functionalized