The 578th meeting of the Sydney University Chemical Society will be the occasion of the Liversidge Lecture for 2002, and will be held on Wednesday 13th February in Le Fèvre Lecture Theatre 2 of the Chemistry Building on the campus of The University of Sydney. The speaker will be Professor Stephen Lincoln from the Department of Chemistry, Adelaide University.

The Liversidge Lecture

Cyclodextrins:
Gateways To Supramolecular Chemistry

Prof. Stephen F. Lincoln

Department of Chemistry, Adelaide University

Supramolecular chemistry is a fascinating field encompassing a vast array of self-assembly and molecular recognition processes in both natural and synthetic systems. Often the sophisticated assemblies that arise from it are substantially dependent on secondary forces for their stability and structure. Cyclodextrins are naturally occurring cyclic sugars that have an extensive supramolecular chemistry of their own that involves much secondary bonding. Cyclodextrins may be adapted to specific requirements by modification to produce a wide variety of supramolecular systems. The synthesis, assembly, equilibria, kinetics, structure and spectroscopy of some of these systems are discussed here. Among these systems are native cyclodextrin complexes, chirally discriminating systems, metallocyclodextrins, dimeric complex systems, rotaxanes and prototype molecular machines.

Wednesday 13th February at 5:30pm
Le Fèvre Lecture Theatre 2
Refreshments at 5:00pm