Supramolecular coupling approach

Most of the supramolecular synthetic strategies rely upon the preprogramming of synthons, in order to allow a directed-assembly approach. In fact, the electronic coupling, the dehnition of cavities and channels for ion and/or substrate diffusion, the peculiar catalytic or photochemically active sites environment, among other aspects, can be dehned by the structure and chemical nature of the building blocks. 

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