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Emerging Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Inorganic Nanostructures
Author(s) -
Buck Matthew R.,
Schaak Raymond E.
Publication year - 2013
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.201207240
Subject(s) - chemoselectivity , nanostructure , nanotechnology , organic synthesis , nanomaterials , total synthesis , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , computer science , chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry
New synthetic innovations are rapidly being developed to address the demand for complex, next‐generation nanomaterials with rigorously controlled architectures and interfaces. This Review highlights key strategies for the chemical transformation and stepwise synthesis of multicomponent inorganic nanostructures, with the existing nanoscale transformations categorized into classes of reactions that are related to those used in the synthesis of organic molecules. The application of concepts used in molecular synthesis—including site‐selectivity, regio‐ and chemoselectivity, orthogonal reactivity, coupling reactions, protection/deprotection strategies, and procedures for separation and purification—to nanoscale systems is emphasized. Collectively, the resulting synthetic concept represents an emerging model for the synthesis of complex inorganic nanostructures on the basis of the guiding principles that underpin the multistep total synthesis of complex organic molecules and natural products.