Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.43, No.22, 6866-6868, 2004
Formation of one-dimensional metal-water chain containing cyclic water hexamers
Cyclic water hexamers containing 1-D metal-water chains have been observed in the complexes of [M(H(2)biiM)(2)(OH2)(2)](ina)(2)(.)4H(2)O [M = Zn (1) and Co (2), H(2)biim = 2,2'-biimidazole, ina = isoniconate]. The water clusters are trapped by the cooperative association of coordination interactions as well as hydrogen bonds.