The self-assembly-mediated synthesis of metallomacrocycles 4a and 4b from ( en) M( NO3)(2) ( M = Pd, Pt) and bipyridinium ligand 3 is described. The reaction is templated by disodium p-phenyldiacetic dicarboxylate, which is inserted into the macrocyclic cavity. Similarly, the self-assembly process between ligand 3, ( en) M( NO3)(2) ( M) Pd, Pt), and the macrocyclic polyether 6 resulted in the formation of hybrid catenanes 7a and 7b. In the [ 2] catenanes, the circumrotation of the macrocyclic polyether through the cavity of the metallocycle is slow on the H-1 NMR time scale.