The Nature of the Mechanical Bond: From Molecules to Machines

INDICE: Foreword .Preface .Acknowledgments .About the Authors .Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols .Part 1 Introducing Mechanical Bonds .1 An Introduction to the Mechanical Bond .Conspectus .Introduction .1.1 The Ubiquity of the Mechanical Bond .1.2 Representing Molecular Mechanical Bonds .1.3 Aesthetics of Mechanical Bonds .1.4 Evolution of Mechanostereochemistry .References .Part 2 Making Mechanical Bonds .2 The Fundamentals of Making Mechanical Bonds .Conspectus .Introduction .2.1 Statistical Synthesis .2.2 Directed Synthesis .2.3 Template–Directed Synthesis .2.4 Active Template Synthesis .Conclusions and Outlook .References .3 Making Mechanical Bonds Under Thermodynamic Control .Conspectus .Introduction .3.1 Slippage .3.2 Self–Assembling Metallo–Organic MIMs .3.3 Mechanical Bond Formation by Condensation .3.4 Mechanical Bond Formation by Olefin Metathesis .3.5 Mechanical Bond Formation by Reversible Nucleophilic Reactions .3.6 Surface–Mounted MIMs .Conclusions and Outlook .References .Part 3 Cultivating Mechanical Bonds .4 Molecular Topologies and Architectures with Mechanical Bonds .Conspectus .Introduction .4.1 Catenane Topologies .4.2 Rotaxane Architectures .4.3 Other Architectures with Mechanical Bonds .Conclusions and Outlook .References .5 The Stereochemistry of the Mechanical Bond .Conspectus .Introduction .5.1 Dynamic Mechanostereoisomerism .5.2 Static Mechanostereoisomerism .Concluding Remarks .References .6 Molecular Switches and Machines with Mechanical Bonds .Conspectus .Introduction .6.1 Redox–Driven Switches .6.2 Photo–Driven Switches .6.3 Acid/Base–Driven Switches .6.4 Cation–Triggered Switches .6.5 Anion–Triggered Switches .6.6 Switches Driven by Molecular Recognition .6.7 Switches Driven by Covalent Reactions .6.8 Solvent–Driven Switches .6.9 Thermally Driven Switches .6.10 Pressure–Driven Switches .6.11 Switches Driven by Electric Fields .6.12 Switches Driven by Mechanical Force .6.13 Beyond Translation and Circumrotation .6.14 Condensed–Phase Switching .6.15 Mechanomolecular Motors and Machines .Conclusions and Outlook .References .Appendix A: Glossary of Terminology .Appendix B: Cover Art Gallery .Index

• ISBN: 978-1-119-04400-0
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 792
• Fecha Publicación: 02/12/2016
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• Idioma: Inglés