The study of the complexation of anions, from its beginnings in the late 1960s and 1970s,(1-
3) has moved on from being an area solely of academic interest to a fundamental pillar of …

This comprehensive review surveys developments over the past decade in the field of
naphthalene diimides (NDIs). It explores their application toward: supramolecular chemistry; …

Molecular recognition, binding and catalysis are often mediated by non-covalent interactions
involving aromatic functional groups. Although the relative complexity of these so-called π …

Halogen bonding is a noncovalent interaction similar to hydrogen bonding, which is based
on electrophilic halogen substituents. Hydrogen‐bonding‐based organocatalysis is a well …

Non‐covalent interactions play a crucial role in (supramolecular) chemistry and much of
biology. Supramolecular forces can indeed determine the structure and function of a host …

The σ-hole and π-hole are the regions with positive surface electrostatic potential on the
molecule entity; the former specifically refers to the positive region of a molecular entity …

We report a supramolecular naphthalene diimide (NDI) radical anion with efficient NIR‐II
photothermal conversion for E. coli‐responsive photothermal therapy. The supramolecular …

Naphthalene diimides, which have for a long time been in the shadow of their higher
homologues the perylene diimides, currently belong to the most investigated classes of …

Noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings, which include π-stacking interactions,
anion-π interactions, and XH− π interactions, among others, are ubiquitous in chemical and …

Conspectus The objective of this Account is to summarize the first five years of anion− π
catalysis. The general idea of anion− π catalysis is to stabilize anionic transition states on …