A novel cascade supramolecular complex with a reversible nanosized 18-component H-bonded [{[([C.sub.6][H.sub.6]).sub.6][(Sb[F.sub.6]).sub.12]}.sup.12-] cage unit templated by a chiral metal-organic complex

A study report about a novel cascade supramolecular complex [Ag(L)](Sb[F.sub.6]).[C.sub.6][H.sub.6] with a reversible nanosized [{[([C.sub.6][H.sub.6]).sub.6][(Sb[F.sub.6].sub.12]}.sup.12-] H-bonded cage unit is presented. It demonstrates a new synthetic strategy to modular host framework that utilizes complicated metal-organic species as the template.