@inbook{4e7c72b8d07f4f49b6ba621ddf6f30ef,
title = "Synthesis and Characterization of hydrogen-bonded assemblies: toward the generation of binding site diversity",
abstract = "Discrete assemblies of nano-size dimensions were synthesized by non-covalent chemistry. Calix[4]arenes, diametrically substituted at the upper rim with two melamine units, form stable box-like assemblies in solution in the presence of two equivalents of 5,5-diethylbarbituric acid (DEB). Various techniques, such as NMR spectroscopy, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and X-rays crystallography have been used for the characterization of these assemblies held together by 36 hydrogen bonds. Furthermore, assemblies with different types of functionalities at the upper rim of the calix[4]arene and at the melamine units were prepared. The effect of these functional groups on the stability of the assembly has been investigated. Small libraries of functionalized assemblies were formed by mixing the individual components under thermodynamically controlled conditions. This strategy provides access to functional group diversity.",
author = "Reinhoudt, \{David N.\} and P. Timmerman and F. Cardullo and M. Crego-Calama",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1007/978-94-011-4554-1\_10",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-7923-5656-1",
series = "Nato Science Series C",
publisher = "Kluwer Academic Publishers",
pages = "181--195",
editor = "Rocco Ungaro and Enrico Dalcanale",
booktitle = "Supramolecular Science",
address = "Netherlands",
}