We describe that use of a stepvise selective protection-deprotection o
f tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)-thiolates give rise to either two or three-
dimensional macrobicyclic tetrathiafulvalenophanes in high yields by c
onvergent syntheses. Configurationally selective self-assembly of cycl
ic or bicyclic tetrathiafulvalenes using the cyclic pi-acceptor cyclo-
bis(paraquat-p-phenylene) yields [2]- or [3]pseudocatenanes.