Coordination-driven self-assembly of discrete Ru-Pt prismatic cages.

The coordination-driven self-assembly of two new Ru-Pt hexanuclear trigonal prismatic cages comprising arene-ruthenium(II) clips ( and ) and a tritopic platinum(II) metalloligand has been performed in methanol at room temperature. The [3 + 2] hexanuclear cages and were isolated in good yields and characterized by well-known spectroscopic techniques including multinuclear NMR, mass spectrometry, UV-vis and infrared studies. Geometry optimization revealed the shapes and sizes of these hexanuclear prismatic cages. The combination of ruthenium and platinum metal center in a one-pot self-assembly reaction showcases the construction of aesthetically elegant heterometallic structures in supramolecular chemistry leading to the formation of a single major product.