Development of Artificial Receptors Based on Assembly of Metal Complex Units and Desymmetrization of Molecular Components

This highlight review summarizes our recent studies of macrocyclic receptors with precise molecular recognition properties based on two concepts, assembly metal complex units, and desymmetrization components. The metallomacrocycles realized a unique binding by utilizing multipoint coordination rigidity the units. desymmetrized homooligomeric macrocycles achieved employing unsymmetrically arranged interaction moieties.