Organic Nanoreactors: From Molecular to Supramolecular Organic Compounds

by Samahe Sadjadi

Overview

Organic Nanoreactors: From Molecular to Supramolecular Organic Compounds provides a unique overview of synthetic, porous organic compounds containing a cavity which can encapsulate one or more guest(s). Confined space within a nanoreactor can isolate the guest(s) from the bulk and effectively influence the reaction inside the nanoreactor. Naturally occurring enzymes are compelling catalysts for selective reactions as their three-dimensional structures build up clefts, caves, or niches in which the active site is located. Additionally, reactive sites carrying special functional groups allow only specific reagents to react in a particular way, to lead to specific enantiomers as products. Equipped with suitable functional groups, then, nanoreactors form a new class of biomimetic compounds, which have multiple important applications in the synthesis of nanomaterials, catalysis, enzyme immobilization, enzyme therapy, and more. This book addresses various synthetic, organic nanoreactors, updating the previous decade of research and examining recent advances in the topic for the first comprehensive overview of this exciting group of compounds, and their practical applications. Bringing in the Editor’s experience in both academic research and industrial applications, Organic Nanoreactors focuses on the properties and applications of well-known as well as little-examined nanoreactor compounds and materials and includes brief overviews of synthetic routes and characterization methods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128017135
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/22/2016
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Samahe Sadjadi was born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran. She received her PhD degree in 2009 after doing research in developing novel catalysts in organic chemistry at Azzahra University. She worked as Assessment Senior Expert of Nanotechnology and Green Energy in Hitech Technology and industry center and subsequently appointed as an assistant professor at Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute. She has co-authored several research papers and review articles in refereed journals and edited some books on nanomaterials including Nanoreactors. Her research interest includes catalysis, nanomaterials, and green chemistry.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to nanoreactor
2. Cyclodextrins as porous organic materials for catalysis
3. Cucurbit[n]urils as Nanoreactors - Effects on Guests and Applications (tentative)
4. Nanoreactors Based on Calixarenes
5. Carbon nanotube nanoreators
6. Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Bimetallic Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles in Catalysis
7. Catalysis within the self-assembled resorcin[4]arene hexamer
8. The chemistry of pyrogallol[4]arenes
9. Supramolecular Coordination Cages as Nanoreactors
10. MOFs as nanoreactors (provisional)
11. Enzyme-containing nanoreactors: From confined reaction speaces up to artificial organelles
12. Supercritical fluids in  nanoreactor technology
13. Pyrene, the guest of honour
14. Porphyrin functionalized carbon compounds
15. Nanoreactor therapeutics

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This comprehensive resource reviews previous research in the emerging field of organic nanoreactors, including coverage of both well-known as well as little-examined compounds