Triple-Decker Complexes Formed via the Weak Link Approach

Through the weak link approach and a halide-induced ligand rearrangement process, semi-open and condensed triple-decker complexes (TDCs) were prepared and fully
characterized. These triple-decker structures with tailorable
layers through choice of hemilabile ligand starting materials
can be chemically opened and closed to expose the interior layer
in a reversible fashion using small-molecule and elemental
anion ligand substitution reactions.