Abstract
A self-assembled, tetrameric water cluster stabilised by carboxyl-bridging has been characterised by X-ray diffraction studies and thermogravimetric analysis. Every water cluster is connected strongly via hydrogen bonds to four carboxyl oxygens of a terephthalate anion. The water rings are stable at room temperature, but when thermally decomposed, the water loss is irreversible.
References
1.
Lu J.
,
Yu J.H.
,
Chen X.Y.
,
Cheng P.
,
Zhang X.
, and
Xu J.Q.
, Inorg. Chem. , 2005 , 44 , 5978 .
2.
Joannopoulous J.D.
, Nature , 2001 , 414 , 257 .
3.
Hu N.H.
,
Li Z.G.
,
Xu J.W.
,
Jia H.Q.
, and
Niu J.J.
, Cryst. Growth Des. , 2007 , 7 , 15 .
4.
Sundberg R.J.
,
Yilmaz I.
, and
Mente D.C.
, Inorg. Chem. , 1977 , 16 , 470 .
5.
Santoro S.W.
,
Joyce G.F.
,
Sakthivel K.
,
Gramatikova S.
, and
Barbas C.F.
, J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2000 , 122 , 2433 .
6.
Arrowsmith J.
,
Jennings S.A.
,
Clark A.S.
, and
Stevens M.F.G.
, J. Med. Chem. , 2002 , 45 , 5458 .
7.
Tan T.F.
J. Mol. Struct , 2007 , 840 , 6 .
8.
Song L.Q.
,
Xu X.L.
, and
Tan G.Z.
, Jingxi Huagong (Fine Chemicals) , 2000 , 17 , 256 .
9.
Ludwing R.
, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2001 , 40 , 1808 .
10.
MacGillivray L.R.
, and
Atwood J.L.
, J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 1997 , 119 , 2592 .
11.
Tao J.
,
Ma Z.J.
,
Huang R.B.
, and
Zheng S.L.
, Inorg. Chem. , 2004 , 43 , 6133 .
12.
Ye B.H.
,
Ding B.B.
,
Weng Y.Q.
, and
Chen X.M.
, Inorg. Chem. , 2004 , 43 , 6866 .
13.
Doedens R.J.
,
Yohannes E.
, and
Khan M.I.
, Chem. Commun. , 2002 , 62 .
14.
Moorthy J.N.
,
Natarajan R.
, and
Venugopalan P.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002 , 41 , 3417 .
15.
Michaelides A.
,
Skoulika S.
,
Bakalbassis E.G.
, and
Mrozinski J.
, Cryst. Growth Des. , 2003 , 3 , 487 .
16.
Jeffrey G.A.
, An introduction to hydrogen bonding , Oxford University Press , Oxford , 1997 , pp. 160 –180 .
17.
Chawla S.K.
, and
Gill B.K.
, Polyhedron , 1997 , 16 , 1315 .
18.
Sheldrick G.M.
, SHELXS 97, Program for the Solution of crystal Structures , University of Göttingen , Germany , 1997 .
19.
Sheldrick G.M.
, SHELXL 97, Program for the Refinement of Crystal Structure , University of Göttingen , Germany , 1997 .