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This textbook addresses the chemical and physicochemical principles of supramolecular host-guest chemistry in solution. It covers the thermodynamics and dynamics of inclusion and highlights several types of organic hosts. Various applications of host-guest chemistry in analytical and environmental chemistry as well as pharmaceutical and chemical industry demonstrate the versatile usability of molecular cages.
Describes the fundamentals of host-guest chemistry in solution, including thermodynamics and dynamics of inclusion and addresses different types of organic hosts. Various applications exemplify the theory.
Introduction
Historical aspects
Driving forces, thermodynamics, and kinetics of inclusion in aqueous solution
Spectroscopic methods for studying host–guest inclusion in solution
Other experimental methods for studying host–guest inclusion in solution
Extraction of binding constants from experimental data
Cyclodextrins as hosts
Cucurbit[n]urils as hosts
Other molecular hosts in aqueous solution
Host–guest inclusion in mixed aqueous and nonaqueous solution
Applications of host–guest inclusion in solution
Conclusions and summary