List of Authors.

1 Introduction to Supramolecular Catalysis (Pablo Ballester and Anton Vidal-Ferran).

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Design Approaches to Supramolecular Catalysis.

1.3 Artificial Biomacromolecules for Asymmetric Catalysis.

1.4 Summary and Outlook.

2 Supramolecular Construction of Chelating Bidentate Ligand Libraries through Hydrogen Bonding: Concept and Applications in Homogeneous Metal Complex Catalysis (Bernhard Breit).

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Emulation of Chelation through Self-Assembly of Monodentate Ligands.

2.3 Tautomeric Self-Complementary Interligand Hydrogen Bonding.

2.4 A-T Base Pair Analogous Complementary Hydrogen Bonding for the Construction of Heterodimeric Self-Assembling Ligands.

2.5 Conclusion and Outlook.

3 Bis-Azolylazine Derivatives as Supramolecular Synthons for Copper and Silver [2 2] Grids and Coordination Polymers (Félix A. Jalón, Blanca R. Manzano, M. Laura Soriano, and Isabel M. Ortiz).

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 "Planar" and "Non-Planar" Azolyl Azines.

3.3 Preparation of [2 2] Grids with Cu(I) or Ag(I).

3.4 Preparation of Coordination Polymers with 2,3-Pyrazolylquinoxalines or 2,3-Pyrazolylpyrazines and Cu(I) or Ag(I).

3.5 Preparation of Supramolecular Structures with 2,4-Diamino-6-R-1,3,5-triazines and Ag(I).

3.6 Conclusions.

4 Chiral Metallocycles for Asymmetric Catalysis (Wenbin Lin).

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Thermodynamically-Controlled Metallocycles.

4.3 Kinetically-Controlled Metallocycles.

4.4 General Synthetic Strategies for Chiral Metallocycles.

4.5 Self- and Directed-Assembly of Chiral Pt-Alkynyl Metallocycles.

4.6 Chiral Pt-Alkynyl Metallocycles for Asymmetric Catalysis.

4.7 Concluding Remarks.

5 Catalysis of Acyl Transfer Processes by Crown-Ether Supported Alkaline-Earth Metal Ions (Roberta Cacciapaglia, Stefano Di Stefano, and Luigi Mandolini).

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Basic Facts and Concepts.

5.3 Nucleophilic Catalysts with Transacylase Activity.

5.4 Bimetallic Catalysts.

5.5 Concluding Remarks.

6 Bio-Inspired Supramolecular Catalysis (Johannes A.A.W. Elemans, Jeroen J.L.M. Cornelissen, Martinus C. Feiters, Alan E. Rowan, and Roeland J.M. Nolte).

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Host–Guest Catalysis.

6.3 Cytochrome P450 Mimics.

6.4 Biohybrid Catalytic Systems.

6.5 Outlook.

7 Selective Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactivity in the Confines of a Chiral Supramolecular Assembly (Michael D. Pluth, Robert G. Bergman, and Kenneth N. Raymond).

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Chemistry of Organometallic Guests.

7.3 The Assembly as a Catalyst.

7.4 Conclusions and Outlook 191

8 New Supramolecular Approaches in Transition Metal Catalysis; Template-Ligand Assisted Catalyst Encapsulation, Self-Assembled Ligands and Supramolecular Catalyst Immobilization (Joost N.H. Reek).

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Template-Ligand Assisted Catalyst Encapsulation.

8.3 Self-Assembled Ligands in Transition Metal Catalysis.

8.4 Supramolecular Anchoring of Catalysts to Support.

8.5 Conclusion.

9 Chirality-Directed Self-Assembly: An Enabling Strategy for Ligand Scaffold Optimization (James M. Takacs, Shin A. Moteki, and D. Sahadeva Reddy).

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 The Need for New Catalyst Systems.

9.3 A Typical Modular Approach to Chiral Bidentate Ligand Design.

9.4 A Further Rationale for Developing Combinatorial Approaches to Scaffold Optimization.

9.5 Approaches to Scaffold Optimization.

9.6 A Convergent Approach to the Formation of Heterobimetallic Catalyst Systems.

9.7 Chirality-Directed Self-Assembly: Selective Formation of Neutral, Heteroleptic Zinc(II) Complexes.

9.8 In situ SAL Preparation.

9.9 Ligand Scaffold Optimization in Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Amination.

9.10 What has been Learned?

9.11 Why such Wide Variation in Enantiomeric Excess given the Relatively Small Changes in Scaffold Structure?

9.12 Ligand Scaffold Optimization in Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation.

9.13 Concluding Remarks.

10 Supramolecular Catalysis: Refocusing Catalysis (Piet W. N. M. Van Leeuwen and Zoraida Freixa).

10.1 Introduction: A Brief Personal History.

10.2 Secondary Phosphines or Phosphites as Supramolecular Ligands.

10.3 Host–Guest Catalysis.

10.4 Ionic Interactions as a Means to Form Heterobidentate Assembly Ligands.

10.5 Ditopic Ligands for the Construction of Bidentate Phosphine Ligands.

10.6 Conclusions and Outlook.

References.

Index.