InhaltsangabePreface INTRODUCTION SYNTHESES, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONALIZED 2,2':6',2''-TERPYRIDINES Introduction Basic Synthetic Strategies Synthesis and Properties of 2,2':6',2''-Terpyridine Derivatives 2,2':6',2''Terpyridines Symmetrically Substituted on the Outer Pyridine Rings ZiesselType 2,2':6',2''Terpyridines KröhnkeType 2,2':6',2''Terpyridines Miscellaneous Terpyridine-Analogous Compounds CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES OF TERPYRIDINE TRANSITION METAL ION COMPLEXES Introduction Basic Synthetic Strategies and Characterization Tools Ru11 and Os11 Complexes Iridium(III) Complexes with Terpyridine Ligands Platinum(III) Mono(terpyridine) Complexes METALLOSUPRAMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES BASED ON TERPYRIDINE COMPLEXES Introduction TerpyridineContaining MetalloMacrocycles The HETTAP Concept Racks and Grids Helicates Rotaxanes and Catenanes Miscellaneous Structures PICONJUGATED POLYMERS INCORPORATING TERPYRIDINE METAL COMPLEXES Introduction MetalloSupramolecular Polymerization Metallopolymers Based on Pi-Conjugated Bis(terpyridine)s MainChain Metallopolymers Based on TerpyridineFunctionalized PiConjugated Polymers FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS INCORPORATING TERPYRIDINE-METAL COMPLEXES Introduction Polymers with Terpyridine Units in the Side Chain Polymers with Terpyridines within the Polymer Backbone TERPYRIDINE METAL COMPLEXES AND THEIR BIOMEDICAL RELEVANCE Introduction Terpyridine Metal Complexes with Biological Activity TERPYRIDINES AND NANOSTRUCTURES Introduction Terpyridines and Surface Chemistry Terpyridines and Inorganic Nanomaterials Terpyridines and Nano-Structured TiO2: Photovoltaic Applications Organopolymeric Resins, Beads, and Nanoparticles CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS OF TERPYRIDINES AND THEIR TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES Introduction (Asymmetric) Catalysts in Organic Reactions Electrocatalytic Oxidation and Reduction Processes Photocatalytic Processes CONCLUDING REMARKS

Ulrich S. Schubert performed his Ph.D. work under the supervision of Prof. C. D. Eisenbach (Bayreuth, Germany) and Prof. G. R. Newkome (Florida, USA). After a postdoctoral training with Prof. J.-M. Lehn at the Université Strasbourg (France), he moved to the Munich University of Technology (Germany) to obtain his habilitation in 1999. From 1999 to spring 2000, he held a temporary position as a professor at the Center for NanoScience at the LMU Munich. From June 2000 to March 2007, he was Full-Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology (Chair for Macromolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience), the Netherlands. Since April 2007, he is Full-Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Chair of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry), Germany. He has published over 500 papers, 18 patents, and edited/written 5 scientific books. Andreas Winter studied chemistry at the University of Dortmund (Germany), where he graduated in organic chemistry in 1999. In 2003, he received his Ph.D. in chemistry (University of Paderborn, Germany) for work on applications of the Mannich reaction in the synthesis of pyridine derivatives under supervision of Professor N. Risch, and stayed on as a postdoc. Subsequently, in 2005 he joined the group of Prof. U. S. Schubert (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands and Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany). His research is focused on the synthesis of emissive and luminescent metallo-supramolecular assemblies. George R. Newkome received his B.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry from Kent State University. He became a full professor in 1978 and Distinguished Research Master in 1982 at Louisiana State University. In 1986, he moved to the University of South Florida as Vice President for Research and Professor of Chemistry, becoming a Distinguished Research Professor in 1992. In 2001, he became Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at The University of Akron. He is the Oelschlager Professor of Science and Technology and professor in the departments of Polymer Science and Chemistry. Currently, he is the President and CEO of the University of Akron`s Research Foundation and the Akron Innovation Campus. He has published over 430 papers, 45 patents, and edited/written over 15 scientific books and monographs.

Preface INTRODUCTION SYNTHESES OF FUNCTIONALIZED 2,2'':6'',2''''-TERPYRIDINES Introduction Basic Synthetic Strategies Synthesis and Properties of 2,2'':6'',2''''-Terpyridine Derivatives 2,2'':6'',2''''-Terpyridines Symmetrically Substituted on the Outer Pyridine Rings Ziessel-Type 2,2'':6'',2''''-Terpyridines Kröhnke-Type 2,2'':6'',2''''-Terpyridines Miscellaneous Terpyridine-Analogous Compounds CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES OF TERPYRIDINE TRANSITION METAL ION COMPLEXES Introduction Basic Synthetic Strategies and Characterization Tools Ru11 and Os11 Complexes Iridium(III) Complexes with Terpyridine Ligands Platinum(III) Mono(terpyridine) Complexes METALLO-SUPRAMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES BASED ON TERPYRIDINE COMPLEXES Introduction Terpyridine-Containing Metallo-Macrocycles The HETTAP Concept Racks and Grids Helicates Rotaxanes and Catenanes Miscellaneous Structures PI-CONJUGATED POLYMERS INCORPORATING TERPYRIDINE METAL COMPLEXES Introduction Metallo-Supramolecular POlymerization Metallopolymers Based on Pi-Conjugated Bis(terpyridine)s Main-Chain Metallopolymers Based on Terpyridine-Functionalized Pi-Conjugated Polymers FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS INCORPORATING TERPYRIDINE-METAL COMPLEXES Introduction Polymers with Terpyridine Units in the Side Chain Polymers with Terpyridines within the Polymer Backbone TERPYRIDINE METAL COMPLEXES AND THEIR BIOMEDICAL RELEVANCE Introduction Terpyridine Metal Complexes with Biological Activity TERPYRIDINES AND NANOSTRUCTURES Introduction Terpyridines and Surface Chemistry Terpyridines and Inorganic Nanomaterials Terpyridines and Nano-Structured TiO2: Photovoltaic Applications Organopolymeric Resins, Beads, and Nanoparticles CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS OF TERPYRIDINES AND THEIR TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES Introduction (Asymmetric) Catalysts in Organic Reactions Electrocatalytic Oxidation and Reduction Processes Photocatalytic Processes CONCLUDING REMARKS