Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 44, p. 5527
DOI: 10.1039/b509787h
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Infinite chains of spirocyclic water hexamers are included in the crystal lattice of a tin complex with a curved, hydrophobic surface and only weak intermolecular bonding interactions between the host molecules, so that the enclosed water clusters might be reminiscent of the solvation sphere in solution.