Part of a continuing series on advances in chemical research, this volume features papers on strained [n]cyclophanes, the synthesis and ionophoric properties of crownophanes, cappedophanes, belt, ball and tube shaped molecules, and transition metal complexes of strained cyclophanes.

Contributions by: H. Hart, S. Inokuma, H.-B. Mekelburger, J. Nishimura, S. Sakai, A. Schröder, J. Schulz, Y. Tobe, T.K. Vinod, F. Vögtle