Template‐Mediated Self Assembly of Six‐ and Eight‐Membered Iron Coronates

Abstract

The type of bait determines the prey: in a pond with triethanolamine ligands and iron(III) ions, six- (1) or eight-membered (2) iron coronates can be captured, depending upon whether sodium or cesium ions are used as the bait. This finding is especially interesting in connection with a possible combinatiorial approach in supramolecular chemistry.