1 Groupe de Synthèse de Systemes Porphyriniques, Laboratoire d' Electrochimie et de Chimie Physique du Corps Solide, Université Louis Pasteur et CNRS (UMR 7512), 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
The synthesis of a cofacial bis-porphyrinic tweezer bearing a tris-anthracenic spacer is reported. Its behavior as host has been evidenced as well as the ability of its cavity to adjust to guests of various sizes.