Conspectus As the star compounds in host–guest chemistry, the syntheses of crown ethers
proclaimed the birth of supramolecular chemistry. Crown ether-based host–guest systems …

The template-directed strategy is a powerful method to construct porphyrin nanorings with
high complexities, wherein metalloporphyrin precursors pre-organize via supramolecular …

Two novel bis (m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-based cryptands, one bearing covalent linkages
and the other metal-complex linkages, were designed and prepared. By self-assembly of …

Based on the pillar [5] arene/imidazolium recognition motif, a [2] rotaxane was effectively
prepared. Solvent/temperature triggered molecular motions of the pillar [5] arene ring on the …

Self-assembly allows the construction of advanced molecular or supramolecular systems
from small building blocks. Host–guest recognition, for its self-selectivity, environmental …

Malonate diesters can thread into the cavity of a di (ethylene glycol)-containing macrocycle
under the templating effect of a Na+ ion; the corresponding rotaxanes can be synthesized …

Condensation of an aldehyde appended benzimidazolium cation with a 1, 2-
benzenediamine in the presence of a crown ether allows formation of a second …

Functional rotaxanes [1] are one of the representative nanoscale molecular machines [2]
that have found applications in many areas, including molecular electronics,[3] nano …

The self-complexation of mono-urea-functionalized pillar[5]arenes with abnormal urea
behaviors - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3CC47823H Royal …

Cryptand-based hosts are a class of macrocyclic compounds with unique three dimensional
structures, which have played important roles in constructing different kinds of complexes. 1 …