title: From solvolysis to self-assembly.
abstract: My sojourn from classical physical-organic chemistry and solvolysis to self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry, over the last forty years, is described. My contributions to unsaturated reactive intermediates, namely vinyl cations and unsaturated carbenes, along with my decade-long involvement with polyvalent iodine chemistry, especially alkynyliodonium salts, as well as my more recent research with metal-ligand, coordination driven, and directed self-assembly of finite supramolecular ensembles are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah, Department of Chemistry, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. stang@chem.utah.edu
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Stang
mesh_terms: D000480:Alkynes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007455:Iodine / Q000737:chemistry; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D014481:United States; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; C030011:carbene; D007455:Iodine; D008697:Methane