Piękne cząsteczki : samoorganizujące się kowalencyjne klatki molekularne

A short review of recent advances in synthesis of covalent cage molecules with an emphasis on their symmetry is presented in this publication. The idea of Dynamic Covalent Chemistry (DCC) as a tool to synthesize cage molecules is presented and explained. Among synthetic methods proposed by DCC the most frequently used to the synthesia of cage molecules is spontaneous reversible imination reaction. The role of symmetry and its entropy to lower total energy of cage molecules is discussed.