Macrocycles, Catenanes and Rotaxanes; Catalytic Strategies Within the Confined Spaces of Coordination Cages; Light-induced Processes in Coordination Cages; Stabilising Reactive Intermediates in Cages; Reactivity in a Self-assembled Organic Host; Properties and Reactivities of Metal Complexes Within Organic Nanocontainers; Catalysis at the Confined Interface of Supramolecular Gels; Catalysis in Confined Space: Relationship Between Metal-Organic Frameworks and Discrete Coordination Cages; Solid/Gas Reactivity of Organometallic Species in Confined Spaces; Topochemistry Meets Supramolecular Chemistry: Opportunities for Targeted Organic Synthesis in Molecular Crystals; Stabilising and Characterising Homogeneous Catalysts in MOFs; Biomimetic Metal-Organic Frameworks: Construction and Catalytic Performance; Catalytic Nanoparticles in Metal-Organic Frameworks; Atomically Precise Metal Clusters in Confined Spaces of Metal-Organic Frameworks

The chemistry that occurs within confined spaces is the product of a collection of forces, often beyond the molecule, and is not easily ascribed to singular factors. There is a breadth of material types that can define a confined space (e.g. macrocycles, interlocked molecules, porous and non-porous crystals, organic and inorganic/coordination cages) which are rarely discussed together. Studies of supramolecular entities in the solution and solid states are also not often compared in the same discussion, even though the concepts are often similar or can be easily transferred between the two. Chapters in this book combine classical host-guest chemistry with catalysis, reactivity, and modern supramolecular chemistry. They cover the many different technologies used to describe and understand reactivity in confined spaces in one accessible title. With contributions from leading experts, Reactivity in Confined Spaces will be relevant for graduate students and researchers working in supramolecular chemistry, both organic- and inorganic-based, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, polymer chemistry, and materials science in general