Supramolecular Chemistry I — Directed Synthesis and Molecular Recognition

Substrate-directed synthesis: The rapid assembly of novel macropolycyclic structures via stereoregular diels-alder oligomerizations.- Rigid molecular tweezers as hosts for the complexation of neutral guests.- Cyclotriveratrylenes and cryptophanes: Their synthesis and applications to host-guest chemistry and to the design of new materials.- From classical chirality to topologically chiral catenands and knots.- Recognitory coloration of cations with chromoacerands.- Genealogically directed synthesis: Starburst/cascade dendrimers and hyperbranched structures.