Cucurbituril homologues and derivatives: New opportunities in supramolecular chemistry

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 621-630

  Lee, Jae Wook ^a   Samal, S ^a   Selvapalam, N ^a   Kim, Hee Joon ^a   Kim, Kimoon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCURBIT[5]URIL; CUCURBIT[6]URIL; CUCURBIT[7]URIL; CUCURBIT[8]URIL; CUCURBITURIL; CUCURBITURIL DERIVATIVE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0041472445     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar020254k     Document Type: Review

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