The employment of weak intermolecular interactions in supramolecular chemistry offers an
alternative approach to project artificial chemical environments like the active sites of …

The field of supramolecular chemistry has been flourishing since J.-M. Lehn, DJ Cram, and
CJ Pedersen were awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. By Prof. Lehn's definition, 1 …

Fascination with supramolecular chemistry over the past few decades has led to the
synthesis of an ever-increasing number of elegant and intricate functional structures with …

Formation of an imine—from an amine and an aldehyde—is a reversible reaction which
operates under thermodynamic control such that the formation of kinetically competitive …

Defined cavities are found in biological systems, such as in enzymes to accelerate specific
reactions with specific molecular targets, or as transport containers for molecular cargos …

Recently, porous organic cage crystals have become a real alternative to extended
framework materials with high specific surface areas in the desolvated state. Although major …

In the past two decades, there has been a great deal of interest in designing metal-based 3D
capsules with nanocavities. 1À6 These studies are inspired by the fact that such cavities can …

Schiff-base reactions are widely used in the field of chemistry. With many advantages, such
as mild reaction conditions and high reaction rates, they were employed for protecting …

Interest in the medicinal properties of ruthenium (II)–arene compounds has grown rapidly
over the last decade. In this account we describe the origins of the field and subsequently …

The porphyrin boxes (PB‐1 and PB‐2), which are rationally designed porous organic cages
with a large cavity using well‐defined and rigid 3‐connected triangular and 4‐connected …