General route is presented toward the template-directed preparation of self-assembled heteromultimetallic salen structures using noncovalent coordinative metal-ligand interactions. Various higher order assemblies have been studied in detail using a combination of NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.
Versatile approach toward the self-assembly of heteromultimetallic salen structures
Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 2925-2927.