Anion coordination and anion-templated assembly: Highlights from 2002 to 2004

This review article highlights advances made in abiotic anion coordination chemistry from 2002 to 2004. The structure of this review is that similar to the previous reviews in this series that covered 1997–2001 [P.A. Gale, Coord. Chem. Rev. 199 (2000) 181; P.A. Gale, Coord. Chem. Rev. 213 (2001) 79; P.A. Gale, Coord. Chem. Rev. 240 (2003) 191]. The first section examines anion receptors that do not contain metal ions. This is followed by a review of metal containing anion receptors and finally the role of anions in directing the self-assembly of complex molecular architectures are presented in the final section.