Beschreibung:
The study of macrocyclic ligand systems represents a major activity impinging on a wide range of areas in chemistry and biochemistry. This book contains an overview of the macrocyclic ligand systems and discusses the structure and properties of macrocyclic systems; the synthesis of macrocycles; polyether crown and related systems; metal-ion and molecular recognition (host-guest chemistry); and kinetic, thermodynamic, and electrochemical aspects of these complexes. The author also covers the various categories of synthetic and naturally occuring macrocycles.
Preface; 1. What is different about macrocyclic ligand complexes?; 2. Synthetic procedures; 3. Macrocyclic systems - some further categories; 4. The metal-ion chemistry of polyether and related macrocyclic systems; 5. Host-guest chemistry: macrocyclic hosts and non-metallic guests; 6. Thermodynamic considerations; 7. Kinetic and mechanistic considerations; 8. Redox properties; 9. The natural macrocycles; References; Index.