Self-assembled supramolecular cages containing ruthenium(<scp>ii</scp>) polypyridyl complexes

Abstract

Substitution-inert, redox- and photo-active ruthenium(II) complexes based on 2,2',6',2''-terpyridine ligands were self-assembled into discrete supramolecular cages via coordination to palladium(II) centres and characterised by NMR, ESI-MS and X-ray crystallography.