Host-guest Chemistry - Common Host Molecules

Common Host Molecules

Commons host molecules are cyclodextrins, calixarenes, cucurbiturils, porphyrins, metallacrowns, crown ethers, zeolites, cyclotriveratrylenes, cryptophanes and carcerands.

Host-guest chemistry is observed in inclusion compounds, Intercalation compounds, clathrates and molecular tweezers.

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