8. Cucurbiturils
Published Online: 22 FEB 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9780470980200.ch8
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Macrocycles: Construction, Chemistry and Nanotechnology Applications
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How to Cite
Davis, F. and Higson, S. (2011) Cucurbiturils, in Macrocycles: Construction, Chemistry and Nanotechnology Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470980200.ch8
Publication History
- Published Online: 22 FEB 2011
- Published Print: 25 MAR 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470714621
Online ISBN: 9780470980200
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Keywords:
- cucurbiturils;
- cyclodextrins, natural products - crown ethers and calixarenes, by workers attempting to synthesise different materials;
- complexation behaviour of simple cucurbiturils;
- CB[5] and its lanthanum-capped complex - for their ability to complex anions;
- Cucurbit[6]uril, shown to bind diaminohexane strongly;
- butylamine and methacrylic acid - giving salt butylammonium methacrylate;
- cucurbit[8]uril - CB[8], simultaneously accommodating guests - two different aromatic rings;
- modification of cucurbiturils - cucurbituril macrocycle, amenable to modification;
- hemicucurbiturils;
- supramolecular chemistry of cucurbituril - intensely investigated family of cavitands
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Complexation Behaviour of Simple Cucurbiturils
Modification of Cucurbiturils
Uses of Cucurbiturils
Hemicucurbiturils
Conclusions
Bibliography
References