Notes on Editors ix
List of Contributors xi
Preface xv
Part I Organic Synthesis 1
1 Activation of Covalent Bonds Through Non¿Covalent Interactions 3
Abel M. Maharramov, Kamran T. Mahmudov, Maximilian N. Kopylovich, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, and Armando J. L. Pombeiro
2 Boron-Nitrogen Bond: A Useful Molecular Construction Tool 23
João P. M. Antonio, Gonçalo D. V. Farias, Fábio M. F. Santos, Rudi Oliveira, Pedro M. S. D. Cal, and Pedro M. P. Gois
3 Influence of Steric, Electronic, and Molecular Preorganization Effects in the Reactivity of ß¿Phenylethylamines with Nonenolizable Aldehydes 49
Rodolfo Quevedo
4 Non¿Covalent Interactions in the Synthesis of Macrocycles 63
Evgeny A. Kataev
Part II Inorganic, Coordination and Organometallic Syntheses 83
5 Non¿Covalent Interactions of Water with Metal Complexes in Solution 85
Antonio Romerosa and Franco Scalambra
6 ¿-¿ Interaction Directed Applications of Metal Complexes 101
Manas Sutradhar and Armando J. L. Pombeiro
7 Non¿Covalent Stabilization in Transition Metal Coordination and Organometallic Complexes 115
Predrag Petrovi¿, Jean¿Pierre Djukic, Andreas Hansen, Christoph Bannwarth, and Stefan Grimme
8 Halogen Bonding in the Synthesis and Design of Coordination and Organometallic Compounds 145
Abel M. Maharramov, Namiq Q. Shixaliyev, Atash V. Gurbanov, Kamran T. Mahmudov, Valentine G. Nenajdenko, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, and Maximilian N. Kopylovich
9 The Influence of Non¿Covalent Interactions in the Structure and Dimensionality of Hybrid Compounds and Coordination Polymers 163
Ferdinando Costantino, Andrea Ienco, and Marco Taddei
Part III Crystal Design and Host-Guest COMPOUNDS 185
10 Dihalogens as Halogen Bond Donors 187
Matti Haukka, Pipsa Hirva, and Kari Rissanen
11 Construction of Supramolecular Assemblies Based on Anion-¿ Interactions 199
Antonio Bauzá and Antonio Frontera
12 A symmetric Azamacrocycles as Chiral Solvating Agents 213
Koichi Tanaka
13 New Strategies for the Design of Inclusion Compounds with Cucurbituril Hosts 229
Na'il Saleh
14 Parallel Interactions of Aromatic Molecules at Large Horizontal Displacements 241
Dušan P. Malenov and Sne?ana D. Zari¿
15 Selective Molecular Binding and Nanosupramolecular Assembly of p¿Sulfonatocalix[n]arenes 261
Yu Liu and Yi¿Xuan Wang
16 Synthesis, Design, Characterization, and Application of MetallöSupramolecular Polymers 283
Lipeng He and Weifeng Bu
Part IV Catalysis 313
17 Catalytic Applications of Metal Complexes Immobilized by Non¿Covalent Interactions onto Chemically Derived Graphenes and Related Materials 315
Sara Sabater and Jose A. Mata
18 Cooperation of Non¿Covalent Interactions and Coordination in Catalysis 327
Abel M. Maharramov, Kamran T. Mahmudov, Maximilian N. Kopylovich, Rafiga A. Aliyeva, and Armando J. L. Pombeiro
19 Hybrid Ordered Mesoporous Materials as Supports for Permanent Enzyme Immobilization Through Non¿Covalent Interactions 345
Victoria Gascón, Carlos Márquez¿Alvarez, Isabel Díaz, and Rosa M. Blanco
Part V Biorelevant Syntheses 361
20 Modulation of Biorelevant Radical Reactions by Non¿Covalent Interactions 363
Riccardo Amorati and Luca Valgimigli
21 Current Understanding of ¿-¿ Interactions and the Applications in Protein Design 381
Jianmin Gao and Azade S. Hosseini
22 Non¿Covalent Interactions for the Preparation of Pseudopeptidic Synthetic Compounds and Materials 391
Jordi Solà and Ignacio Alfonso
Part VI Material Chemistry 413
23 Non¿Covalent Exfoliation of Graphite to Produce Graphene 415
Yingkui Yang, Dean Shi, and Tao Jiang
24 Electrostatic Interactions in the Design of Polymeric Products 431
Lorenzo M. Polgar and Francesco Picchioni
25 S upramolecular Steric Hindrance at Bulky Organic/Polymer Semiconductors and Devices 443
Ling¿Hai Xie and Wei Huang
Index 457
