Macrocyclic Cage Molecules and Substances of Chemical/Pharmacological Interest

Dear Colleagues,

Formation of supramolecular complexes through host-guest interactions is one of the most efficient and widespread ways to deliver or activate a guest molecule by modulating its properties. Encapsulating compounds of practical/scientific interest (“guests”) by specific macrocyclic cavitands (“hosts”) has proven advantageous for many fields of science/industry such as pharmacy, food industry, cosmetics, chemical research, photochemistry and dye tuning. There is a rich diversity of guest species as they can be metals, gases, drugs, various organic and inorganic compounds. Among many host molecules, cucurbiturils, calixarenes, cyclodextrins and crown ethers, have enjoyed broad interest by both practitioners and researchers.

In this special issue of Molecules we invite contributions employing experimental and/or computational/theoretical approaches that shed light on the intimate mechanism of the host-guest interactions and/or provide insights for engineering novel supramolecular structures with preprogrammed properties.

Prof. Dr. Todor Dudev
Guest Editor

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