The chemical supramolecular represents an area of the chemical that is responsible for analyzing all associated with supramolecular interactions, ie interactions between molecules. Its analysis is supported by biology and is based on the methods of organic and inorganic chemistry. The objectives of supramolecular chemistry research are supramolecular aggregates, which are very varied and can range from biological structures, where a large number of molecules participate, to compounds with few molecules that tend to tolerate phenomena such as auto molecular assembly.
This chemical concept was made known in 1978 by the French chemist Jean-Marie Lehn.
It can then be said that supramolecular chemistry is that associated with molecular arrangements and the connection of these molecules, being attracted by very complex entities that are the product of the separation of two or more chemical species that are linked by intermolecular energies.
These intermolecular energies that are the cause of supramolecular formation can be secondary connections, ionic interactions or hydrogen bonds. These kinds of forces are significant today, for what is known as crystal engineering.
According to Lehn, this branch of chemistry represents an extension of coordination chemistry.
In supramolecular compounds it is possible to observe three levels of organic structure: primary, which means at the molecular level. The secondary, which refers to the association of molecules and the tertiary, which refers to the crystalline packaging of supramolecular organisms.
Today one of the fields of chemistry that has been evolving very quickly is supramolecular. It means a breakthrough in addressing certain chemical difficulties, since it seeks to associate the interactions present between the different subunits, existing in a molecule, or set of molecules, mainly organized with the reactivity and the specificity of a given process..
