GRK 1444: Generation of Supramolecular Functional Cavities - Container Molecules, Macrocycles and Related Compounds

纳米尺度的含大环或笼状空腔的多原子化合物的生成和表征是当前化学研究的一大挑战。这类化合物适合作为特定底物的宿主，因此可作为特定化学过程的存储装置或反应腔。例如，将催化剂封装在大分子或笼中，可以通过形成特定的反应通道来增强催化反应的选择性，或者电荷的离域可以支持氧化还原过程。

The generation and characterisation of multi-atomic compounds containing large macrocyclic or cage-like cavities up to a nanometer scale presents a great challenge in current chemical research. Such compounds are suitable to act as hosts for particular substrates and are thus of interest as storage devices or as reaction cavities for specific chemical processes. Encapsulation of catalysts in macromolecules or cages, for instance, may enhance the selectivity of catalytic reactions by the formation of specific reaction channels, or redox processes may be supported by the delocalisation of charges.