Supramolecular chemistry

An example of a supramolecular assembly.

Supramolecular complex of a chloride ion, cucurbit[5]uril, and cucurbit[10]uril.

An example of a mechanically-interlocked molecular architecture in this case a rotaxane.

An example of a host-guest chemistry.

host-guest complex with a p-xylylenediammonium bound within a cucurbituril.

Intramolecular self-assembly of a foldamer.

Supramolecular chemistry is area of chemistry that studies the relationship and linking molecules into bigger systems. It focuses on the chemical systems made up of a discrete number of assembled molecular subunits or components. The study of non-covalent interactions is crucial to understanding many biological processes from cell structure to vision that rely on these forces for structure and function. Biological systems are often the inspiration for supramolecular research.

Supramolecular Chemistry Media

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  18-crown-6 can be synthesized from using potassium ion as the template cation

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  Carboxylic acid dimers

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  A ribosome is a biological machine that uses protein dynamics on nanoscales

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  Self-assembly of a circular double helicate

Related pages

• Organic chemistry
• Nanotechnology

Other websites

• 2D and 3D Models of Dodecahedrane and Cuneane Assemlies [1] Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Supramolecular Chemistry - Thematic Series in the Open Access Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry