Specific features of the behavior of the supramolecular metal complex catalysts based on calix arenes, cyclodextrins, and dendrimers in the reactions of hydroformylation, Wacker oxidation, hydroxylation of aromatics, 2 naphthol coupling, and oxidative coupling of styrenes and benzene were studied. The factors affecting the catalytic activity and selectivity are discussed.The control of selectivity in catalytic systems is one of the main problems in petrochemical and organic synthe ses. In the recent years researchers are interested in su pramolecular catalysis, the phenomena based on the use of substances capable of forming host-guest inclusion complexes with various organic compounds as compo nents of catalytic systems. This approach provides wide possibilities for design of new highly active metal com plex catalysts with high substrate, regio , and chemiose lectivity. 1-7Various classes of receptor molecules, particularly, cyclodextrins, calixarenes, and dendrimers ( Fig. 1), are used for the design of supramolecular catalysts. 2-4,8,9Cyclodextrins are macrocyclic compounds formed by α D glucopyranose. Calixarenes are the compounds syn thesized by the condensation of phenols and aldehydes of diverse structure. The selective functionalization of the upper and lower rims of these macrocycles by hetero atomic groups can form a molecular system bearing sev eral binding sites and in this way create catalysts capable of molecular recognition. One more type of molecular receptors is presented by dendrimers, which are polymer molecules with regular branched structures and can be considered as unique monomolecular globular micelles. Due to noncovalent interactions between several frag ments of the polymer chain and an organic molecule, dendrimers can be selectively bonded to the substrate, thus enhancing the efficiency and selectivity of the im mobilized metal complex catalyst. 3,9-18 Location of the active sites at the ends of the dendrimer branches can minimize diffusional restrictions, and the den drimers become good models for studying specific fea tures of the behavior of the immobilized homogeneous systems.Design of the catalysts on the basis of receptor mole cules can be performed via two routes: (1) using the target chemical modification of the receptor acting as a ligand;(2) using the molecular imprinting method. 3 The im printing process proceeds as follows. At the first step a receptor molecule interacts with a template molecule to form a host-guest inclusion complex (Scheme 1). The structure that formed is immobilized by binding agents containing two and more functional groups. At the Scheme 1