In 1893, Alfred Werner described the structure of octahedral transition metal complexes and
provided the basis for assigning coordination number and oxidation state to what were then …

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 …

Rapid advances and widespread interest in the study of macromolecules of nanoscopic
dimensions is a recent phenomenon. Nanostructure science and supramolecular chemistry …

Since the first reports in the late 1970s on transition metal complexes containing pincer‐type
ligands—named after the particular coordination mode of these ligands—these systems …

This review describes our recent research results on several transition-metal based
supramolecular systems. A number of self-assembly metallocyclophanes and cages have …

Abstract I. Introduction 254 II. Benefits of Mass Spectrometry for Supramolecular Chemistry
254 A. Non‐Covalent Bonding in the Condensed‐and Gas‐Phase 256 B. Promise and …

In 1990, Fujita and co-workers described the first example of a rationally designed
metallacycle, the molecular square [{Pd (en)(μ-4, 4′-bipy)} 4](NO3) 8, prepared by self …

A series of self-assembly macrocyclic compounds featuring fac-Re (CO) 3X (X= Cl or Br) as
corners and linear bipyridyl bridging ligands have been prepared and characterized …

Numerous molecular polygons and polyhedra, formed by metal-mediated self-assembly,
have been described in the chemical literature in recent years. This work reviews such …

“Rollover” cyclometalation constitutes a special case among the well-known class of
cyclometalation reactions. An overview is given that covers the very first description of this …