Molecular self-assembly is the spontaneous association of molecules under equilibrium conditions into stable, structurally well-defined aggregates joined by noncovalent bonds. Molecular self-assembly is ubiquitous in biological systems and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Understanding self-assembly and the associated noncovalent interactions that connect complementary interacting molecular surfaces in biological aggregates is a central concern in structural biochemistry. Self-assembly is also emerging as a new strategy in chemical synthesis, with the potential of generating nonbiological structures with dimensions of 1 to 10(2) nanometers (with molecular weights of 10(4) to 10(10) daltons). Structures in the upper part of this range of sizes are presently inaccessible through chemical synthesis, and the ability to prepare them would open a route to structures comparable in size (and perhaps complementary in function) to those that can be prepared by microlithography and other techniques of microfabrication.

Molecular self-assembly and nanochemistry: A chemical strategy for the synthesis of nanostructures

III. Foldamer Research 3910 A. Overview 3910 B. Motivation 3910 C. Methods 3910 D. General Scope 3912 IV. Peptidomimetic Foldamers 3912 A. The R-Peptide Family 3913 1. Peptoids 3913 2. N,N-Linked Oligoureas 3914 3. Oligopyrrolinones 3915 4. Oxazolidin-2-ones 3916 5. Azatides and Azapeptides 3916 B. The â-Peptide Family 3917 1. â-Peptide Foldamers 3917 2. R-Aminoxy Acids 3937 3. Sulfur-Containing â-Peptide Analogues 3937 4. Hydrazino Peptides 3938 C. The γ-Peptide Family 3938 1. γ-Peptide Foldamers 3938 2. Other Members of the γ-Peptide Family 3941 D. The δ-Peptide Family 3941 1. Alkene-Based δ-Amino Acids 3941 2. Carbopeptoids 3941 V. Single-Stranded Abiotic Foldamers 3944 A. Overview 3944 B. Backbones Utilizing Bipyridine Segments 3944 1. Pyridine−Pyrimidines 3944 2. Pyridine−Pyrimidines with Hydrazal Linkers 3945

A field guide to foldamers.

Bipyridine: the most widely used ligand. A review of molecules comprising at least two 2,2'-bipyridine units.

Syntheses of new porous frameworks with specific pore size and type are of considerable interest for the appearance of zeolite-like functionalities. It is useful to take advantage of metal complex-assembled compounds because of designable frameworks, high microporosity, and flexible frameworks based on a variety of coordination geometries of metal centers and multifunctionality of bridging organic parts. Many recent reports show that the synthesis procedures are developing from serendipitious to rational level. Therefore, the micropore chemistry of metal complex-based assemblages is directed toward not only new frameworks but also functionalities such as gas and small molecule adsorption, ion exchange, heterogeneous catalysis, photo-chemical and -physical properties. For chemical and physical functionalities robustness of a framework is required even in the absence of guest molecules in the cavity. The stability is largely dependent on the structural dimensionality of the assemblages. A wide variety of st...

Functional Micropore Chemistry of Crystalline Metal Complex-Assembled Compounds

The interplay of coordinative, hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking interactions in sustaining supramolecular solid-state architectures.

Formation of Interwoven 2‐D Networks by the Spontaneous Strict Self‐Assembly of [{M(CO)3(μ3‐OH)}4] (M Mn, Re) and Complementary Angular Spacer Molecules

[Mn(CO)3(μ3-OH)]4, 1, is able to form stable adducts with a variety of guests as a result of O-H….X hydrogen bonding between its μ3-OH groups and hydrogen bond acceptor moieties of the guest molecules. Two such structures are detailed: 1.4H2O and 1.4PPh3O.

Supramolecular properties of [Mn(CO)3(μ3-OH)]4, a neutral organometallic molecule that is capable of binding a variety of small and large guest molecules

Bildung verwobener zweidimensionaler Netzwerke durch spontane und strikte Selbstorganisation von [M(CO)3(μ3‐OH)]4 (M = Mn, Re) und komplementären gewinkelten Spacer‐Molekülen

Steven B. Copp

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Formation of Interwoven 2‐D Networks by the Spontaneous Strict Self‐Assembly of [{M(CO)3(μ3‐OH)}4] (M Mn, Re) and Complementary Angular Spacer Molecules

Supramolecular properties of [Mn(CO)3(μ3-OH)]4, a neutral organometallic molecule that is capable of binding a variety of small and large guest molecules

Bildung verwobener zweidimensionaler Netzwerke durch spontane und strikte Selbstorganisation von [M(CO)3(μ3‐OH)]4 (M = Mn, Re) und komplementären gewinkelten Spacer‐Molekülen