White, Nicholas2020-05-031477-9226http://hdl.handle.net/1885/203557The amidinium and guanidinium groups are strong and potentially directional hydrogen bond donors that have proven useful in anion recognition and solution phase self-assembly, and more recently in the synthesis of supramolecular frameworks. This Frontier article gives a background to the use of these groups in framework synthesis, describes recent advances in the field, and looks to future directions in this area.Australian Research Council for financial support (Discovery Early Career Research Award, DE170100200).application/pdfen-AU© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry2019-01-2210.1039/c8dt05030a2020-03-08