Molecules Special Issue Topics: Compounds

affinity labels
alicyclics

bridged-ring systems
cyclopropanes, cyclobutanes
large rings
medium rings
polycyclics, polyhedranes
5-7 rings

alkaloids
alkenes, polyenes, alkynes
allenes, ketenes, cumulenes
amino acids
antibiotics, antifungal compounds
antibodies
antitumor compounds
antiviral compounds
aromatics

cyclophanes 
fullerenes
monocyclic
nonbenzenoid
polycyclic

bioconjugates
carbohydrates

as chiral educts
carbocyclic analogs, including inositols
monosaccharides
oligosaccharides

carcinogens, mutagens
charge transfer complexes
chiral auxiliaries and catalysts
cofactors
dendrimers
dyes
enols, enolates
enzyme inhibitors
enzyme models
enzymes
epoxides
flavonoids
heteroatom (main group) compounds
(See separate headings for heterocycles, transition metals, and N-, P-, and S-containing compounds.)

Group I: K, Li, Na
Group II:  Be, Ca, Mg
Group III: B, Al, Ga, In, Tl
Group IV: Si, Pb, Sn
Group VI:  Si, Pb, Sn
Group V: As
Group VI: Se, Te
Group VII: F, Br, CI, I

heterocycles

fused ring
multiple heteroatoms
nitrogen
oxygen
small rings
sulfur

hormones
host-guest compounds

calixarenes
cavitands
crowns, cryptands
cyclodextrins
ion-binding hosts (ionophores)

hypervalent compounds
isotopically-labeled compounds
lactams

beta-lactams
macrocyclic

lactones, macrolides
Lewis acids and bases
lignins
lipids

eicosanoids
phospholipids
sphingolipids

membranes, liposomes, vesicles
metabolites
metalloproteins
micelles
natural products

insect
marine
microorganism
plant

nitrogen-containing compounds

amines, polyamines
azo, diazo, diazonium compounds
carbodiimides, isocyanates
hydrazines, hydroxylamines, oximes,

N-nitroso compounds

imines
nitriles, isonitriles
nitrones, N-oxides

nucleic acids

DNA/RNA analogs
DNA/RNA modification
DNA/RNA structure, binding
DNA/RNA synthesis

nucleosides, nucleotides
peptide mimics
peptides
peroxides
pesticides
pheromones
phosphorus-containing compounds

phosphates
phosphines
phosphonates
phosphonites

photoaffinity labels
polyketides
polymers
polymer-supported reagents
porphyrins
photoaffinity labels
polyketides
polymers
polymer-supported reagents
porphyrins
prodrugs
proteins
quinones
reactive intermediates

benzynes
biradicals
carbanions
carbenes
carbocations
nitrenes, nitrenium ions
radicals
radical anions
radical cations

spin labels
steroids
strained comounds
substrate analogs
sulfur-containing compounds

mercaptans, sulfides
sulfinates, sulfones
sulfates, sulfonates, sulfoxides

supramolecular assemblies
terpenes, terpenoids

di-, sester-
mono-, sesqui-
tri-, higher

toxins
transition metals

Cu
Fe
Hg
Ianthanides, actinides (Ce, Sm)
Ni, Pd, Rh
other early transition metals (Ti, Zr)
other late transition metals (Co, Ir)
Zn

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