Mono- and polynuclear aqua complexes and cucurbit[6]uril: Versatile building blocks for supramolecular chemistry
O. A. Gerasko, M. N. Sokolov, and V. P. Fedin
Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ac. Lavrentiev Avenue 3,
630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
Abstract: The review surveys new data on the directed construction
of supramolecular organic�inorganic compounds from macrocyclic cavitand
cucurbit[6]uril (C36H36N24O12)and
mono- and polynuclear aqua complexes. Due to the presence of polarized
carbonyl groups, cucurbit[6]uril forms strong complexes with alkali,
alkaline earth and rare-earth metal ions, and hydrogen-bonded supramolecular
adducts with cluster and polynuclear aqua complexes of transitional
metals. A wide variety of supramolecular compounds and their unique
structures are described.
*Plenary lecture presented at the XVII Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, 21 -26 September 2003. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp. 1605-1798.
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