A seven-component metallosupramolecular quadrilateral with four different orthogonal complexation vertices

Abstract

The 4-fold completive self-sorting of a ten-component library (7 dissimilar donors and 3 different acceptors) resulted in the clean self-assembly of four dynamic orthogonal complexes although ≥143 combinations are conceivable. Due to the non-interference of the complexes, each ligand of the four combinations was embedded to one side of the quadrilateral to serve as a linkage at one metal cornerstone. Finally, an integrative self-sorting of seven components generated the fully irregular scalene quadrilateral QL1.