Entrapment of a linear water pentamer into a uranyl-salophen dimer in the solid state Massimo Cametti Arto Valkonen Kari Rissanen 10.6084/m9.figshare.8796074.v1 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Entrapment_of_a_linear_water_pentamer_into_a_uranyl-salophen_dimer_in_the_solid_state/8796074 <p>In the solid state, uranyl-salophen complex <b>1</b>, decorated with bipyridyl sidearms, self-assembles from moist acetonitrile into dimeric species displaying a confined water pentamer, as observed by X-ray diffraction on single crystals. The linear water cluster is incarcerated within the dimeric cavity by coordination to the Lewis acidic uranyl centres and by a network of hydrogen bonds established with the pyridinic nitrogen atoms on the sidearms.</p> 2019-07-06 05:46:01 Water clusters uranyl-salophen complexes self-assembly single crystal X-ray diffraction