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Formation of Extended Tapes of Cyclic Water Hexamers in an Organic Molecular Crystal Host
Author(s) -
Custelcean Radu,
Afloroaei Cerasela,
Vlassa Mircea,
Polverejan Mihai
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20000901)39:17<3094::aid-anie3094>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - host (biology) , crystallography , crystal (programming language) , inclusion (mineral) , chemistry , spectroscopy , chemical physics , materials science , biology , mineralogy , ecology , physics , computer science , programming language , quantum mechanics
An icelike chair conformation is adopted by the cyclic water hexamers found in an organic inclusion complex. Self‐assembly of the hexamers into one‐dimensional tapes (see picture), which interact very weakly with the organic host, confers on them characteristics similar to those of liquid water, as attested by FT‐IR spectroscopy.