The aim of the present book is mainly to develop a series of hemi-calix[4]naphthalene like molecular systems based on 1,1'-methylene-bis(2-naphthol) (mbn) or 1,1'-thio-bis(2-naphthol)(tbn) conjugates possessing a variety of binding sites and study their binding and/or receptor properties and also to synthesize their metal ion complexes. Further, then focus of this thesis is to develop sophisticated metalloenzyme models particularly for catecholase activity using Cu2+ complexes. Thus all the studies reported in this book are concerned with the hemi- calix[4]naphthalene like molecular systems.

Garima Singh hails from Uttar Pradesh, India. After completing her graduation from Poorvanchal University, she moved to IIT Roorkee for pursuing her masters in Chemistry followed by IIT Bombay to continue her research studies. Her main interest of research is synthetic bioinorganic chemistry ion, molecular recognition and bio-interaction studies.