Crown Ethers and Cryptands introduces the broad and basic principles of crown ether and cryptand chemistry at the advanced undergraduate, graduate and working professional level. The book provides a brief introduction, outlining the history of the field and goes on to cover syntheses, complexation of cations and molecules, complex structures, applications and recent developments. It aims to acquaint readers with the scope and principles of the field, providing a bibliography of reviews and books as reference to further reading and citations of the original literature.
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Introduction to Macrocycle Chemistry; Syntheses of Crowns, Cryptands, and their Relatives; Complexation by Crowns and Cryptands; Structural Aspects of Crowns, Cryptands, and their Complexes; Applications of Crowns and Cryptands; Additional Reading; Subject Index.