Boronic Acids In Saccharide Recognition -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Molecular Recognition of Saccharides -- 2.1 Molecular Recognition -- 2.2 The Importance of Saccharides -- 2.2.1 Saccharides and Carbohydrates -- 2.2.2 Diabetes Mellitus -- 2.2.3 Structure of Saccharides -- 2.2.4 Home Blood Glucose Monitoring -- 2.3 Non-Boronic Acid Appended Synthetic Sensors for Saccharides -- Chapter 3 Complexation of Boronic Acids with Saccharides -- 3.1 A Brief History -- 3.1.1 Early Work -- 3.1.2 Boronic Acid - Diol Complexation -- 3.2 Acidity and the O-B-O Bond Angle -- 3.2.1 O-B-O Bond Angle Contraction -- 3.2.2 Orbital Interpretation -- 3.2.3 Computational Analysis -- 3.3 Complex Formation and Dependence on pH -- 3.3.1 Empirical Data -- 3.3.2 Proton Transfer -- 3.3.3 Effect of Altering the Ligand -- 3.3.4 Effect of Altering the Boron Acid -- 3.3.5 Deuterium Isotope Effect -- 3.3.6 Computational Analysis -- 3.3.7 Reactions with Tetrahedral Borates -- 3.3.8 Pentavalent Coordination at Boron -- 3.3.9 Complex Formation and B-O Bond Length Dependence -- 3.3.10 B-O Bond Length and Acidification -- 3.4 Binding Constants and the Influence of Lewis Bases -- Chapter 4 Fluorescent Sensors -- 4.1 The Application of Fluorescence in Sensing -- 4.2 Photoexcitation and Subsequent Relaxation -- 4.3 Excited State Internal Charge Transfer (ICT) -- 4.3.1 Solvent Relaxation -- 4.3.2 Dual Fluorescence -- 4.3.3 Excited State Twisted Internal Charge Transfer (TICT) -- 4.4 Fluorescent Internal Charge Transfer (ICT) Sensory Systems -- 4.4.1 Early Fluorescent Sensors for Saccharides -- 4.4.2 Fluorescent Internal Charge Transfer Sensors Incorporating the ortho-(Aminomethyl)phenylboronic Acid Fragment -- 4.5 Excited State Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) -- 4.5.1 Electron Transfer (ET) -- 4.5.2 The Mechanistic Interpretation of PET.

4.6 Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Sensory Systems -- 4.6.1 Diboronic Acid Sensory Systems with Selectivity for Specific Saccharides -- 4.7 Ditopic Sensors -- 4.8 Other Fluorescent Sensors -- 4.9 Amine-Boron (N-B) Interactions -- 4.10 The Importance of Pyranose to Furanose Interconversion -- 4.10.1 Pyranose to Furanose Interconversion as a Function of Time and Water -- 4.10.2 The Preference of Monoboronic Acids for D-Fructose. -- 4.10.3 Disaccharides -- 4.11 Summary -- Chapter 5 Modular Fluorescent Sensors -- 5.1 The Design Rationale -- 5.2 Modular Systems -- 5.2.1 Linker Dependence -- 5.2.2 Linker Dependence and Disaccharides -- 5.3 Energy Transfer Systems -- 5.4 Fluorophore Dependence in Modular Systems -- 5.4.1 Inference -- 5.5 Other Approaches -- 5.5.1 Wang and Co-workers -- 5.5.2 Hall and Co-workers -- 5.6 Summary -- Chapter 6 Other Types of Sensor -- 6.1 Colorimetric Sensors -- 6.2 Electrochemical Sensors -- 6.3 Assay Systems -- 6.4 Polymer and Surface Bound Sensors -- 6.5 Odds and Ends -- Chapter 7 Other Systems for Saccharide Recognition -- 7.1 Receptors at the Air-Water Interface -- 7.2 Transport and Extraction -- 7.3 CD Receptors -- 7.3.1 Homogeneous Systems -- 7.3.2 Heterogeneous and Polymeric Systems -- 7.4 Molecular Imprinting -- Conclusion -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Biographies.