This is defined as the chemistry of molecular assemblies and of the intermolecular bond, as "chemistry beyond the molecule", bearing on the organized entities of higher complexity that result from the association of two or more chemical species held together by intermolecular forces. Thus, supramolecular chemistry may be considered to represent a generalized coordination chemistry extending beyond the coordination of transition elements by organic and inorganic ligands to the bonding of all kinds of substrates; cationic, anionic and neutral species of either inorganic, organic or biological nature.
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