The unifying topic of this thesis is that of supramolecular and reversible covalent chemistry. Both supramolecular and reversible covalent reactions operate under thermodynamic control, leading to a proofreading effect and ...

Over the last decade, the ecological need for clean and renewable energy sources has resulted in considerable resources being directed toward the development of systems capable of converting light energy into chemical ...

This dissertation consists of four chapters. The first chapter provides an in-depth background of synthetic receptors for recognitions of phosphorylated molecules. This chapter covers synthetic receptors developed within ...

This dissertation consists of five chapters. The first chapter provides an in-depth background of supramolecular chemistry and differential recognition. The first chapter also elaborates upon the necessary requirements ...

Enantiomeric excess (ee) determination remains as the bottleneck for high throughput screening of asymmetric catalysts. The work described herein sought to expand on two previously developed ee sensing assays from our lab– ...

Anions are important in a wide range of biological as well as chemical processes. In addition to their importance in the areas of medicine and catalysis, many environmental pollutants are anionic, such as phosphates, ...

Molecular recognition is a major branch of modern organic chemistry, and it resides at the forefront of supramolecular chemistry. Supramolecular chemistry refers to the study of the noncovalent intermolecular interaction ...

Differential arrays, composed of receptors that are capable of generating unique patterns of responses, have been shown to be useful for discrimination of molecular analytes. Herein, differential arrays have been developed ...

Molecular recognition exploiting non-covalent interactions mediates the structure and function of many critical biological and synthetic molecules. There has thus been continuing and intense efforts in the design and ...

The dissertation focuses on the recent discovery in supramolecular chemistry of novel macrocyclic compounds with NH and CH donor groups. Chapter 1 provides a brief overview of the anions under study, supramolecular chemistry, ...