This work demonstrates an ew nonconventional ligand design, imidazole/pyridine-based nonsymmetrical ditopic ligands (1 and 1 S ), to construct ad ynamic open coordination cage from nonsymmetrical building blocks.Upon complex formation with Pd 2+ at a1 :4 molar ratio, 1 and 1 S initially form mononuclear PdL 4 complexes (Pd 2+ (1) 4 and Pd 2+ (1 S ) 4 )w ithout formation of ac age.T he PdL 4 complexes undergo astoichiometrically controlled structural transition to Pd 2 L 4 open cages ((Pd 2+ ) 2 (1) 4 and (Pd 2+ ) 2 (1 S ) 4 )c apable of anion binding,leading to turn-on anion binding. The structural transitions between the Pd 2 L 4 open cage and the PdL 4 complex are reversible.Thus,stoichiometric addition (2 equiv) of free 1 S to the (Pd 2+ ) 2 (1 S ) 4 open cage holding ag uest anion ((Pd 2+ ) 2 -(1 S ) 4 ·G À )e nables the structural transition to the Pd 2+ (1 S ) 4 complex, which does not have ac age and thus causes the release of the guest anion (Pd 2+ (1 S ) 4 + G À ).