Supramolecular chemistry, defined as “chemistry outside a molecule”, is at the heart of the
development of chemistry of complex systems, molecular devices, ensembles, and …

To many, periodic mechanical conformational motion of molecules is mesmerizing to a
degree that is difficult to explain rationally: It is almost as hard to stop watching an image of …

Significant developments in the construction of oligoporphyrins and oligometalloporphyrins
supply a large variety of new interesting compounds with potential use in electron and …

A new side-to-face supramolecular array of chromophores, where a pyridyl-substituted
perylene bisimide dye axially binds to two ruthenium porphyrin fragments, has been …

The metal-driven construction of multi-porphyrin assemblies, which exploits the formation of
coordination bonds between peripheral basic site (s) on the porphyrins and metal centers …

The ability of metalloporphyrins and metal phthalocyanines to form coordination assemblies
with neutral and negatively charged fullerenes, nitrogen-containing ligands, cations and …

Treatment of the octahedral Ru (II)− dimethyl sulfoxide complexes trans-RuCl2 (dmso-S) 4
(1), trans-RuCl2 (dmso-O) 2 (CO) 2 (2), and trans-RuCl2 (dmso) 3 (CO)(3) with a …

Supramolecular arrays in which a free‐base (or zinc) porphyrin is connected by axial
coordination of its meso‐pyridyl groups to one or more ruthenium porphyrin units have been …

The components of a 4: 1 mixture of Rh (III) Cl tetrakis (4-methylphenyl) porphyrin 1 and a
bowl-shaped tetra (4-pyridyl) cavitand 4 self-assemble into a 4: 1 complex 1 4• 4 via Rh …

Side-to-facearrays in which a free-base porphyrin is connected by axial coordination of its
meso-pyridyl groups to one or more ruthenium porphyrin units exhibit interesting …