1 Department of Chemistry and Center for Integrated Molecular Systems, Division of Molecular and Life Science, POSTECH, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Pohang, 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Homochiral coordination cages, which have two well-defined internal binding sites for ammonium and organoammonium ions, have been constructed by Pd(II)-mediated self-assembly of preorganized tripodal oxazolines containing pyridine pendant groups.