title: Programmable self-assembly of water-soluble organo-heterometallic cages [M12M'4L12] using 3-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pentane-2,4-dione (H2L).
abstract: A bifunctional ligand H2L featuring primary (pyrazole) and secondary (acetylacetone) coordination sites was preferentially reacted with dimetallic [M2(NO3)2](NO3)2linkers at the pyrazolyl end of H2L, giving rise to dimetallic corners. Subsequently, the corners serve as the secondary site with M' to form water-soluble organo-heterometallic [M12M'4L12] cages in a stepwise mode.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Self-Assembly Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Industry, College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China. selfassembly@bjut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zi-Man
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Xuan-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Shu-Yan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Yu