Occurrence of ribbons of cyclic water pentamers in a metallo-organic framework formed by spontaneous fixation of CO2Naskar, J.P., Drew, M.G.B., Hulme, A., Tocher, D.A. and Datta, D. (2005) Occurrence of ribbons of cyclic water pentamers in a metallo-organic framework formed by spontaneous fixation of CO2. CrystEngComm, 7. pp. 67-70. ISSN 1466-8033 Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1039/b417512n Abstract/SummaryIn the reaction of equimolar amounts of copper(II) acetate with 2,2'-dipyridylamine (DPA) in aqueous tetrahydrofuran, in presence of KOH, aerial CO2 is spontaneously fixed to the carbonate anion yielding [Cu(DPA)(CO3)] . 3H(2)O (1). X-ray crystallography shows the presence of zigzag ribbons of cyclic water pentamers in the channels of a chain-like metallo-organic framework. The water ribbons are stabilised by hydrogen bonds to the metallo-organic backbone. Each (H2O)(5) pentamer is approximately planar.
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