title: Anion receptors that contain metals as structural units.
abstract: Transition metals can be used as structural elements to build up anion receptors, enhancing H-bond donor tendencies, favouring the assembling of the molecular framework, inducing the formation of a cage. The versatile spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of the metal ion can provide a convenient signalling mechanism to communicate the occurrence of anion recognition.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Generale, Università di Pavia, via Taramelli, 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amendola
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fabbrizzi