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Silicon Analogues of Crown Ethers and Cryptands: A New Chapter in Host–Guest Chemistry?
Author(s) -
Ritch Jamie S.,
Chivers Tristram
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200701822
Subject(s) - cryptand , siloxane , chemistry , ring (chemistry) , alkali metal , ring opening polymerization , polymerization , polymer chemistry , host–guest chemistry , crown (dentistry) , calixarene , organic chemistry , materials science , molecule , polymer , supramolecular chemistry , ion , composite material
Crown jewels : The judicious use of weakly coordinating anions has recently led to the first direct syntheses of alkali‐metal complexes of siloxane‐based crown ethers and cryptands. These findings have implications in the areas of host–guest chemistry, inorganic ring transformations, and ring‐opening polymerization.