Synthesis and Characterization of a Tetrazolate-Bridged Coordination Framework Encapsulating <i>D</i>₂<i>_h</i>-Symmetric Cyclic (H₂O)₄ Cluster Arrays

Abstract

Reaction of 5,5'-(1,4-phenylene)bis(1H-tetrazole), which was prepared in two steps, with cadmium nitrate in DMF produced a three-dimensional framework with one-dimensional channels (35% void volume), in which unprecedented hydrogen-bond-supported D(2)(h)() tetrameric cyclic water clusters ranked.