title: Multicavity macrocyclic hosts.
abstract: Multicavity macrocyclic hosts are host molecules comprising more than one macrocyclic guest binding components connected through multipoint linkages. Macrocycles, such as crown ethers, pillar[n]arenes, calix[n]arenes, and calix[4]pyrroles, have been used to fabricate multicavity hosts, either homotopic or heterotopic. This review is mainly focused on the molecular structures and host-guest behaviors of multicavity macrocyclic host molecules and their applications in the assembly of sophisticated supramolecular architectures.
authors: Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China. lijs@sari.ac.cn jiangb@sari.ac.cn wenk@sari.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P. R. China.
authors: Wei-Bo
authors: WB
authors: Hu
authors: Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China. lijs@sari.ac.cn jiangb@sari.ac.cn wenk@sari.ac.cn.
authors: Wen-Jing
authors: WJ
authors: Hu
authors: Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
authors: Yahu A
authors: YA
authors: Liu
authors: Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China. lijs@sari.ac.cn jiangb@sari.ac.cn wenk@sari.ac.cn.
authors: Jiu-Sheng
authors: JS
authors: Li
authors: Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China. lijs@sari.ac.cn jiangb@sari.ac.cn wenk@sari.ac.cn.
authors: Biao
authors: B
authors: Jiang
authors: Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China. lijs@sari.ac.cn jiangb@sari.ac.cn wenk@sari.ac.cn and School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
authors: Ke
authors: K
authors: Wen