title: Modular self-assembled multiporphyrin cages with tunable shape.
abstract: Three new molecular cages-a trigonal prism (2) and two cubic-shaped boxes of increasing size (3, 4)-featuring as many as 10 porphyrins were obtained in quantitative yields by self-assembly of a single bis-zincporphyrin metallacycle (1) with appropriate polytopic N-linkers: the trigonal planar tpt or the cruciform porphyrins 4'-TPyP and 4'-TPhPyP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alessio
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casanova
authors.forename: Ennio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zangrando
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iengo
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D011166:Porphyrins; D012428:Ruthenium; D015032:Zinc