title: Large heterometallic coordination cages with gyrobifastigium-like geometry.
abstract: Large (Mw> 10 kDa) heterometallic coordination cages with gyrobifastigium-like geometry are obtained by using metalloligands with sterically demanding FeIIclathrochelate cores and four divergent pyridyl groups. Upon reaction with cis-blocked PtIIand PdIIcomplexes, ML4cages are formed. The gyrobifastigium geometry of these cages is in contrast to the barrel-like structures which are typically observed for metallasupramolecular assemblies with M8L4stoichiometry.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. kay.severin@epfl.ch.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gulf University of Science & Technology (GUST), Kuwait.
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authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. kay.severin@epfl.ch.
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authors.affiliation: Centro di Eccellenza in Biocristallografia, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
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authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. kay.severin@epfl.ch.
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authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. kay.severin@epfl.ch.
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authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. kay.severin@epfl.ch.
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authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. kay.severin@epfl.ch.
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authors.lastname: Severin