Metallacoronates or metallacrown ether sandwich complexes? As with organocrown ethers, the size of the encapsulated cation (Na+, Ca2+, or K+) determines which product is formed—a crown ether, a dimeric crown ether, or a sandwich complex (see below). H2L = ketipinate.
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Saalfrank et al. (1998) studied this question.