V. Dahaouigindrey et al., DISODIUM HEXADECAHYDRATE DIPROTONATED FORM OF 1,4,8,11-TETRA(2-CARBOXY)ETHYL-1 ,4,8,11-TETRAAZACYCLOTETRADECANE (H2TETP)(2-) AT 110 K, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 53, 1997, pp. 1797-1799
The diprotonated (H2TETP)(2-) macrocycle in the title compound, 2Na(+)
.C22H38N4O82-.16H(2)O Or 2Na(+). (H2TETP)(2-).16H(2)O, possesses a [34
34] conformation, the propionate arms all being deprotonated. Two are
extended and the other two are folded towards two protonated N atoms.
The crystal structure is stabilized by a complex hydrogen-bonding sche
me since the unit cell contains 16 water molecules.