title: A molecular gate based on a porphyrin and a silver lock.
abstract: A Sn(IV) metallaporphyrin bearing a 4-pyridyl group on one meso position and a handle equipped also with a pyridyl unit functions in solution as a molecular gate in the presence of silver cation: the complexation-decomplexation of Ag(I) corresponds to the opening and closing motions of the gate.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination Organique, UMR CNRS 7140, 4, rue Blaise Pascal, F-67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guenet
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kyritsakas
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Allouche
authors.forename: Mir Wais
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hosseini