Upon binding with C60 and diamines, such as 4, 4'-bipyridine (bpy) and N, N, N', N'- tetramethylhexane-1, 6-diamine (TMHDA), cyclic host 1 possessing two electronically coupled binding sites displays negative homotropic cooperativity and positive heterotropic cooperativity, and their ternary mixtures preferentially form inclusion complexes with hetero- guest pairs 1⊃ C60bpy and 1⊃ C60TMHDA under appropriate conditions. Spectroscopic ...