With a focus on methods and practices for how to engineer functionality into organic
molecules, Organic Synthesis and Molecular Engineering takes a
synthesis-oriented approach to organic materials chemistry. Examining how smart,
functional organic molecules are rationally designed and prepared, chapters cover: the
concepts, molecular building blocks, synthetic tools, molecular electronic, supramolecular
chemistry and self-assembly, grapheme, the engineering of photoresponsive materials,
applications across both materials and bioorganic chemistry, molecular electronics, energy
storage, sensors, drug delivery and nanomedicine, and enzyme engineering.
Acknowledgements vii Contributors ix 1 Introduction 1 Mogens Brondsted Nielsen 2
Organic Building Blocks for Molecular Engineering 4 Kasper Lincke and Mogens Brondsted
Nielsen 3 Design and Synthesis of Organic Molecules for Molecular Electronics 46 Karsten
Jennum and Mogens Brondsted Nielsen 4 Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene 76 Helena Grennberg 5
H-Bond Based Nanostructuration of Supramolecular Organic Materials 128 Tomas Marangoni and
Davide Bonifazi 6 Molecular Systems for Solar Thermal Energy Storage and Conversion 179
Kasper Moth-Poulsen 7 Strategies to Switch Fluorescence with Photochromic Oxazines 197
Erhan Deniz, Janet Cusido, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Mutlu Battal, Ibrahim Yildiz, Marco
Petriella, Mariano L. Bossi, Salvatore Sortino, and Francisco M. Raymo 8 Supramolecular
Redox Transduction: Macrocyclic Receptors for Organic Guests 213 Sebastien Goeb, David
Canevet, and Marc Salle 9 Detection of Nitroaromatic Explosives Using TTF-Calix[4]pyrroles
257 Karina R. Larsen, Kent A. Nielsen, Jonathan L. Sessler, and Jan O. Jeppesen 10
Recognition of Carbohydrates 284 Martina Cacciarini 11 Cyclodextrin Based Artificial
Enzymes: Synthesis and Function 305 Christian Marcus Pedersen and Mikael Bols 12
Organozymes: Molecular Engineering and Combinatorial Selection of Peptidic Organo and
Transition Metal Catalysts 333 Morten Meldal 13 Dendrimers in Biology and Nanomedicine 361
Jorn Bolstad Christensen 14 Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry 393 Brian Rasmussen, Anne
Sorensen, Sophie R. Beeren, and Michael Pittelkow Index 437
470 pages, Hardcover