Anion induced capsular self-assemblies.

Researchers world-wide have employed diverse strategies to achieve various anion binding hosts and anion induced supramolecular architectures due to the increasing appreciation of anion receptor chemistry. Intellectual discovery of molecular capsules for the recognition of different guest species has opened up a new field of research in the area of supramolecular chemistry. This feature article aims to provide an overview of the current status and recent achievements made by us and others in the last decade in the area of anion induced construction of supramolecular capsules and anion binding in molecular capsules. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011