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A self-assembling hexameric spheroid with variable degrees of hydration

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The V-shaped racemic compound 4,12-dinitro-6,7,14,15-tetrahydro-6,14-methanocycloocta[1,2-b:5,6-b′]diquinoline 2 crystallises from solvents of differing water content as a centrosymmetric spheroidal hexamer in the form of a series of isostructural clusters (2)6·(water) x X-ray structures of these crystals in space group \( R\bar{3} \) show that they can exhibit an extent of hydration anywhere throughout the composition range x = 0 to 1.

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We gratefully acknowledge financial support of this work from the Australian Research Council and the UNSW Faculty Research Grants Program.

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    Jason Ashmore, Roger Bishop, Donald C. Craig & Marcia L. Scudder

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Donald C. Craig—Deceased 12 May 2009.

This contribution celebrates the 75th birthday of Len Lindoy and his pioneering contributions to macrocyclic and coordination chemistry.

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Ashmore, J., Bishop, R., Craig, D.C. et al. A self-assembling hexameric spheroid with variable degrees of hydration. J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem 71, 297–302 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10847-011-9943-4

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