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Area of Science:

  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Coordination Chemistry
  • Systems Chemistry

Background:

  • Metallo-supramolecular assemblies mimic biological networks.
  • Controlling nonstatistical self-assembly is key for complex systems.
  • Heteromeric competitive self-sorting enables coformation of multiple assemblies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Describe the first instance of emergent functionality from a heteromeric multicage system.
  • Demonstrate pathway-independent guest segregation under thermodynamic control.
  • Establish a basis for dynamic transformation processes in multicage host-guest systems.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized heteroleptic and homoleptic coordination cages.
  • Investigated equilibrium coexistence of multiple cages.
  • Analyzed guest encapsulation and segregation within cage cavities.

Main Results:

  • Achieved guest segregation via distinct sequential transformations.
  • Demonstrated a pathway-independent final state with three coexisting host-guest species.
  • Observed emergent functionality from the heteromeric multicage system.

Conclusions:

  • The heteromeric multicage system exhibits simplexity, yielding ordered, pathway-independent outcomes.
  • This work expands the scope of dynamic transformations in host-guest chemistry.
  • Future applications include compound separation, cascade reactions, and molecular information processing.