title: Unusual face-to-face pi-pi stacking interactions within an indigo-pillared M3(tpt)-based triangular metalloprism.
abstract: A triangular metalloprism, [((CO)3Re(mu-2)Re(CO)3)3(mu3-1)2], self-assembled from Re2(CO)10, 2,4,6-tri-4-pyridyl-1,3,5-triazine (tpt, 1), and indigo (H2(2)), represents a fairly novel example of strong face-to-face pi-pi interactions between the central triazine rings of the tpt ligands that bow significantly inward distorting the prismatic structure.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jing-Yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Che-Hao
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thanasekaran
authors.forename: Chen-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Tien-Wen
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Gene-Hsiang
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Shie-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Kuang-Lieh
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lu