Mechanically interlocked supramolecular compounds have garnered widespread attention but it remains challenging to investigate topological adjustments in such complicated structures. Here, the authors use a bidentate pyridyl ligand featuring an extended π-conjugated plane for coordination-directed self-assembly to engineer three different kinds of sophisticated complexes.
- Jian-Xin Yang
- Xiao-Qian Wan
- Lu-Fang Ma
