Description
Book SynopsisWith a focus on methods and practices for how to engineer functionality into organic molecules, Organic Synthesis and Molecular Engineering takes a synthesis-oriented approach to organic materials chemistry.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vii
Contributors ix
1 Introduction 1
Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen
2 Organic Building Blocks for Molecular Engineering 4
Kasper Lincke and Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen
3 Design and Synthesis of Organic Molecules for Molecular Electronics 46
Karsten Jennum and Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen
4 Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene 76
Helena Grennberg
5 H-Bond Based Nanostructuration of Supramolecular Organic Materials 128
Tomas Marangoni and Davide Bonifazi
6 Molecular Systems for Solar Thermal Energy Storage and Conversion 179
Kasper Moth-Poulsen
7 Strategies to Switch Fluorescence with Photochromic Oxazines 197
Erhan Deniz, Janet Cusido, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Mutlu Battal, Ibrahim Yildiz, Marco Petriella, Mariano L. Bossi, Salvatore Sortino, and Françisco M. Raymo
8 Supramolecular Redox Transduction: Macrocyclic Receptors for Organic Guests 213
Sébastien Goeb, David Canevet, and Marc Sallé
9 Detection of Nitroaromatic Explosives Using TTF-Calix[4]pyrroles 257
Karina R. Larsen, Kent A. Nielsen, Jonathan L. Sessler, and Jan O. Jeppesen
10 Recognition of Carbohydrates 284
Martina Cacciarini
11 Cyclodextrin Based Artificial Enzymes: Synthesis and Function 305
Christian Marcus Pedersen and Mikael Bols
12 Organozymes: Molecular Engineering and Combinatorial Selection of Peptidic Organo and Transition Metal Catalysts 333
Morten Meldal
13 Dendrimers in Biology and Nanomedicine 361
Jørn Bolstad Christensen
14 Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry 393
Brian Rasmussen, Anne Sørensen, Sophie R. Beeren, and Michael Pittelkow
Index 437
