Discrete water hexamers and template-assisted molecular recognition in an elastic zincophosphate lattice.
Water molecules and terephthalic acid, respectively, exist as a self-assembled monolayer of cyclic (H2O)6 clusters and (TA)infinity chiral chains between the zincophosphate sheets (in blue wires); the irremovable template H3tren3+ ions (in purple wires) are dynamic and could translate back and forth on the sheets during the conversion of the supramolecule contained in one another.
Liao
Yueh-Chun
YC
Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu 30043, Taiwan.
Jiang
Yao-Chen
YC
Wang
Sue-Lein
SL
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010710:Phosphates; D014867:Water; D015032:Zinc