An isoindoline bridged [M(η-arene)] (M = Re, Tc) -arenophane and its dinuclear macrocycles with axial chirality.

This work presents a straightforward method for the preparation of an isoindoline bridged [M(arene)] (M = Re, Tc) -[3]arenophane. This intramolecular formation of an -complex is accompanied by the intermolecular formation of a pair of isoindoline bridged macrocyclic dinuclear sandwich complexes, one of which exhibits axial chirality.