Bile Acid Scaffolds in Supramolecular Chemistry The Interplay of Design and Synthesis.docVIP

Molecules 2007, 12, 2106-2122 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 ? 2007 by MDPI /molecules Review Bile Acid Scaffolds in Supramolecular Chemistry: The Interplay of Design and Synthesis Anthony P. Davis School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK; E-mail: Anthony.Davis@bristol.ac.uk Received: 7 July 2007 / Accepted: 8 August 2007 / Published: 29 August 2007 Abstract: Since early work in the 1980s, the bile acids have become well established as building blocks for supramolecular chemistry. The author’s laboratory has specialised in converting cholic acid,