Gareth Lloyd (editor) - Reactivity in Confined Spaces: Volume 31 (Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry)

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Reactivity in Confined Spaces

Edited by

Ross S. Forgan

University of Glasgow, UK
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Gareth O. Lloyd

University of Lincoln, UK
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Reactivity in Confined Spaces

Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry No. 31

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Foreword

Since the advent of supramolecular chemistry in the 1970s, studies of chemical reactivity within confined spaces have been among the most vital strands in this field. Work on encapsulation chemistry has taken place in a space that the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has helped to define, and in particular in the shadow of pioneering work by one of its laureates, the late Donald Cram. Cram was among the first to explore systematically the inner phases (a term he coined) of container molecules such as spherands, which are capable of binding metal cations with 1010 M1 affinity, and carcerands, which crucially extended encapsulation chemistry to neutral molecules. Such landmark results were achieved as the stabilisation and spectroscopic characterization of the fleeting molecule cyclobutadiene.

Upon these foundations were built a wide range of new molecular containers and confined spaces. A profusion of soluble cages and metalorganic frameworks have been reported in recent years, as diverse groups develop the art of defining new molecular voids and examine how molecules react within them. Their reactivity may differ markedly from what is observed in solution, as this book explores.

A newcomer to the field may be intimidated by the many new container molecules and framework materials and by the new encapsulation-related behaviours that have been described in recent years. This book aims to provide a path through these new discoveries, furnishing a resource of knowledge, data and information to allow both experienced and more junior investigators to work on applications and novel science surrounding reactivity in confined spaces. It seeks to highlight connections between separated studies that are related but not often, if at all, grouped into the same book, journal, conference or scientific community.