Cryptands and Cryptates

by Luigi Fabbrizzi

Cryptands were introduced by Jean-Marie Lehn in 1969 as cage-shaped selective ligands for alkali and alkaline-earth metal ions, which lie at the heart of supramolecular chemistry. This book reports on much of the research in the field since the '70s, and looks at, amongst other topics, metal coordination chemistry, anion coordination chemistry, the encapsulation and taming of reactive anions, the formation of cascade complexes and the design of fluorescent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178634369X
• ISBN13: 9781786343697
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"