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The synthesis an
d characterization of three new supramolecular complexes
6-
8 (a rhomboi
d an
d two hexagons) viacoor
dination-
driven self-assembly are reporte
d in excellentyiel
ds (>90%). These assemblies have 2,6-
di(4,4'-
dipyri
dyl)-9-thiabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane
2 as the bri
dging tecton. Allassemblies were characterize
d by multinuclear NMR (
1H an
d31P), mass spectrometry (ESI-MS an
d ESI-FT-ICR), an
delemental analysis. The X-ray structure of the 120
deg.gif"> tecton
2is also
discusse
d.