Special Issue "Macrocyclic Chemistry"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Jurriaan Huskens
Molecular Nanofabrication Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, TNW/MNF, PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Website: http://www.utwente.nl/tnw/mnf/People/academic_staff/prof_j_huskens/
E-Mail: j.huskens@utwente.nl
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Interests: host-guest chemistry; cyclodextrins; multivalency; supramolecular surface chemistry; supramolecular materials; nanolithography; soft lithography

Dear Colleagues,

Macrocycles constitute the archetypical components of supramolecular chemistry. Many fundamental aspects of molecular recognition and supramolecular science have been and are being reveiled using macrocycles. From the start, both naturally occurring (e.g. cyclodextrins, porphyrins) as well as synthetic macrocycles (such as crown ethers, calixarenes, phthalocyanines) have been employed. Thermodynamic phenomena such as the chelate effect, multivalency and cooperativity, have been and still are topics of thorough investigation. Synthetic procedures have been developed in order to create macrocycles, such as high-dilution synthesis and template-directed synthesis, and to functionalize them in order to introduce functional groups at one or more positions selectively and/or to control the conformation of the macrocycle. Macrocycles are applied in ion and molecular sensing, metal ion protection in biomedical imaging, treatment of heavy metal waste streams, drug delivery and increase of drug efficacy, and many, many others. Modern topics of investigation encompass dynamic covalent chemistry with macrocycles to provide evolutionary amplification of optimal receptors, the design of vehicles for drug and gene delivery, and receptor-functionalized platforms as models for cell membrane interactions. These examples show that macrocylic chemistry is still and will remain a vibrant area of chemistry for the foreseeable future!

This special issue of Molecules welcomes previously unpublished manuscripts covering all aspects of natural and synthetic macrocycles including their design, synthesis, functionalization, molecular recognition, and applications.

Prof. Dr. Jurriaan Huskens
Guest Editor

Submission

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• macrocycles
• macrocyclization
• template synthesis
• host-guest recognition
• cation and anion recognition
• neutral molecule recognition