Donor-extended tripodal pyrroles: encapsulation, metallation, and H-bonded tautomersThis article is part of a ChemComm ‘Supramolecular Chemistry’ web-based themed issue marking the International Year of Chemistry 2011.Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Full experimental data. CCDC 816434–816437. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11378j

A tripodal iminopyrrole provides an environment suited to the encapsulation of water through hydrogen-bonding, and the formation of metal complexes by deprotonation and imine–pyrrole tautomerisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]