Host-guest supramolecular inclusion

Fig. 2 General classification/nomenclature and descriptive terminology of host-guest supramolecular inclusion compounds...

Fig. 1. Schematic representation of a receptor—substrate (host—guest) complex involving cavity inclusion of the substrate and the formation of different types of weak supramolecular interactions between receptor (hatched) and substrate (dotted).

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Figure 1.2 Schematic illustrating the difference between a cavitate and a clathrate (a) synthesis and conversion of a cavitand into a cavitate by inclusion of a guest into the cavity of the host molecule (b) inclusion of guest molecules in cavities formed between the host molecules in the lattice resulting in conversion of a clathrand into a clathrate (c) synthesis and self-assembly of a supramolecular aggregate that does not correspond to the classical host-guest description.

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