White and Blue Modern Illustrated Medical Presentation COORDINATION CHEMISTRY & CATION BINDING HOSTS 01 Presentation Outline Coordination chemistry Crown ethers Other ethers Summary of content Selectivity of cation complexation 02 Today's Discussion 1) COORDINATION CHEMISTRY It's crucial to know and understand the concepts! 03 The study of supramolecular complexes of metal cations is the coordination of relatively labile metal ions and relatively elaborate ligands 04 1 A LIGANDS A ligand is an i[.]