In 1967 Pederson reported the synthesis of macrocyclic crown ethers and their ability to
selectively bind alkali and alkaline earth ions, 1, 2 and since then supramolecular …

Covering an exceptionally wide range of bond strengths, the dynamic nature and facile
tunability of dative B− N bonds is highly attractive when it comes to the assembly of …

Dynamic covalent functionality has been acknowledged as a powerful tool for the
construction of organised architectures, the reversible nature thermodynamically facilitates …

Structurally, boronic acids are trivalent boron-containing organic compounds that possess
one alkyl substituent (ie, a C–B bond) and two hydroxyl groups to fill the remaining valences …

The reversibility of boronic acid and diol interaction makes it an ideal candidate for the
design of self‐assembled molecular structures. Reversibility is required to ensure that the …

Over years, mathematicians, biologists and chemists have capitalised on the highly useful
concept of orthogonality for developing sophisticated complex systems. The use of …

In nature, functional nanostructures are often formed by assembly of multiple, chemically
distinct building blocks. The 30S subunit of bacterial ribosome, for example, is obtained by …

Recently we have demonstrated a series of systems in which complex structures were
created from simple amine and aldehyde subcomponents by copper (I)‐templated imine …

Water is a suitable medium for the Petasis-borono-Mannich multicomponent reaction.
Salicylaldehyde, glyoxalic acid, glycoaldehyde and glyoxal were reacted with several …

Boronic acids are versatile building blocks for the construction of complex molecular
architectures. Using reversible condensation reactions, it is possible to obtain macrocycles …