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Keywords:

  • anion effect;
  • bridging ligands;
  • coordination modes;
  • host–guest systems;
  • structure elucidation
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The special guest: In the host–guest chemistry of dinuclear complexes that contain the 9H-fluorene-9,9′-dimethanediphenylphosphinite ligand the synergy between the phenyl groups and the axial fluorene moiety leads to the formation of molecular cavities that have selective steric affinity for the anions BF4 or PF6 (see picture). An unprecedented M⋅⋅⋅F(PF5)⋅⋅⋅M bridging coordination mode of PF6 has now been established.