Clusters host-guest chemistry

Metalloboranes, 4 172 exopolyhedral, 4 208-210 main group element, 4 207-208 transition element, 4 205-207 Metallo-carbohedrene clusters, 4 648 Metallocarboranes, 4 170 as catalysts, 4 217-218 economic aspects, 4 229 exopolyhedral, 4 215-216 f-block element, 4 225-226 host-guest chemistry-carborane anticrowns, 4 216-217 structural systematics, 4 176-179 transition metal, 4 210-215 Metallocene catalysis, MAO in, 16 92-93. 

Hiratani, T., Konishi, K., Surface cap-mediated host-guest chemistry of semiconductor CdS Intercalative cation accumulation around a phenyl-capped CdS cluster and its notable effects on the cluster photoluminescence. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 5943-5946. 

They exhibit a nanometer-sized cavity, presenting new perspectives for a novel host-guest chemistry according to the different sites on the cluster surfaces. 

Shephard, D.S. Johnson, B.F.G. Matters. J. Parsons, S. Novel redox-active ruthenium cluster crown compounds capable of host-guest chemistry. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 2289-2291. 

In addition to the areas already discussed in this article and, in particular, development of applications in biological, medicinal, and materials chemistry, several aspects are of current research interest. Section 4.10 introduced the steadily expanding area of single-cage metallacarbaborane clusters with more than 12 vertices. The role of carbaboranes and metallacarbaboranes within supramolecular chemistry has been actively investigated in the last decade. One of the best-explored areas is that of multicluster mercuracarbaboranes, which act as macrocyclic Lewis acidic hosts for electron-rich (anionic or neutral) guests. ... 

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