title: Stepwise assembly of an adamantoid Ru₄Ag₆ cage by control of metal coordination geometry at specific sites.
abstract: The geometrically pure 'complex ligand' fac-[Ru(L(ph))3](2+), in which three pendant bidentate binding sites are located on one face of the complex, reacts with Ag(I) ions to form the adamantoid decanuclear cage [{Ru(L(ph))3}4Ag6](PF6)14 which contains a 6-coordinate Ru(II) ion at each vertex of a large tetrahedron and a 4-coordinate Ag(I) ion along each edge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK. m.d.ward@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Metherell
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ward