This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.20105003); the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant Nos.990128 and 974174).
A new star host, hexakis (carboxylphenyl-2-thiolmethyl)benzene (1H6), has been synthesized by a simple one-step condensation procedure with the high yield. Crystal structure of the DMSO adduct 1H6·6DMSO (2) reveals i...