There has been much interest in developing artificial helical structures by synthetic oligomers [1] or metal-ligand complexes [2] closely related to those present in natural biomolecules such as DNA and proteins. In general, helical structures potentially undergo molecular motions such as folding [3] and PÐM conversion. [4,5] The PÐM conversion is well-known in natural systems, for example, the dynamic behavior of DNA helices between the right-handed B and left-handed Z forms.[6] Such PÐM dynamic processes are currently attracting considerable attention from a viewpoint of the development of molecular machines. [7] Our strategy reported herein is directed toward the flip motion of the helical structures of trinuclear Ag 3 L 2 complexes with disk-shaped ligands that bear three coordination sites ( Figure 1). The ligands contain three monodentate ligands and three p-tolyl groups attached to the central benzene ring; the three p-tolyl groups are introduced to force the neighboring flat metal ligands out of the plane of the central aromatic ring. Such ligands self-assemble to form sandwich-shaped architectures with appropriate metal ions (e.g. Ag + ) favoring linear coordination geometry.[8] For example, in the Ag 3 L 2 complexes, all the exterior rings should tilt in the same direction and result in the formation of helical structures with P and M geometries, between which flip motions may take place and allow the ring rotation with retention of the coordination bonds. Herein we describe the quantitative formation of sandwich-shaped trinuclear Ag + complexes with two disk-shaped ligands that bear three thiazolyl (1) or 2-pyridyl groups (2) as the coordination sites. The helical structure of the resulting entity Ag 3 1 2 was determined by Xray single-crystal analysis, and variable-temperature 1 H NMR measurements revealed that the dynamic behavior (i.e. PÐM flip motion) of these complexes is remarkably affected by the ring size of the ligands attached to the central benzene ring.Evidence for the formation of sandwich-shaped Ag + complexes from a mixture of tridentate ligands 1 or 2 [9] and AgOTf (2:3) in CHCl 3 /CH 3 OH was obtained by electrospray ionization time-of-flight (ESI TOF) mass spectrometry.[10]The ESI mass spectrum of a mixture of 1 and AgOTf (1/ AgOTf 2:3) exhibited a main peak at m/z 777.2, which is attributed to cationic [Ag 3 1 2 ·(OH)·(H 2 O)] 2+ . Similarly, the spectrum of a mixture of 2 and AgOTf (2/AgOTf 2:3) showed a main peak at m/z 759.4, which corresponds to [Ag 3 2 2 ·(OH)·(H 2 O)] 2+ . These data indicate that trinuclear Ag 3 1 2 and Ag 3 2 2 complexes were formed in solution.The 1 H NMR spectrum of a mixture of 1 and AgOTf (2:3) in CDCl 3 /CD 3 OD (1:1) was highly symmetrical except for the