1 Instituto de Biotecnología, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, Universidad de Granada, Granada E-18071, Spain.
The covalent synthesis of nanosized cage compounds is easily performed in high yields using "click chemistry" methodology through the Cu(I)-catalyzed ligation of adequate polyalkyne and polyazide derivatives using (EtO)3P x CuI as catalyst.