Unique example of a T3(2)4(2)3(2)6(2) water tape containing acetate-water hybrid hexamer in a heterometallic schiff base complex host

The novel T3(2)4(2)3(2)6(2) tape, constructed by acetate-water hybrid hexamer [(H2O)(4)(CH3COO)(2)](2-), water trimers and tetramer, has been observed for the first time in a heterometallic Schiff base complex host, [Cu(vanpn)Na(CH3COO)(H2O)]center dot 2H(2)O, {H(2)vanpn = N,N'-propylene-bis(3-methoxysalicylideneimine). The present findings provide insight and serve as a prototype for stabilizing other pure and hybrid water clusters. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.