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What is Supramolecular chemistry?

Also known as: host--guest complex · host · guest

Definition 25.1 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 25 — Supramolecular Chemistry

Supramolecular chemistry is the chemistry of assemblies of molecules held together by non-covalent interactions. In a host–guest complex, the host is the larger molecule, with a cavity or a cleft and binding sites converging on it, and the guest the smaller molecule or ion it binds.

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