The rapid growth of interest in inclusion chemistry was highlighted recently by the award of the Nobel prize for chemistry to Professors D.J. Cram, J.M. Lehn, and C.J. Pedersen. The principal aim of Inclusion Compounds is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the field of inclusion chemistry. In-depth coverage of subjects has been achieved by inviting the leading international authorities to write on their particular fields of interests, their
contributions include detailed descriptions of the design, synthesis, and structure of organic host molecules, molecular recognition and complexation, and host-guest interactions.

Volume 4 is complete in itself as a reference work on organic host molecules and together with Volume 5 will be of interest and use to all concerned with the fundamental study of inclusion compounds.