ABSTRACT
Helicates constitute a major area of research in supramolecular chemistry and the rules that govern the formation of these species are now well understood. However, during the past 20 years of research into this domain, an exciting subfield of helicate chemistry has emerged—the study of functionalized helicates. This entry focuses upon functionalized helicates where the functionality imparts control over the metallosupramolecular assembly, such as metal specificity, anion binding, chirality, luminescent properties, and helicate pitch length.
