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 [(H 2 O) 4 (CH 3 COO) 2 ] 2− , water trimers and tetramer, has been observed for the first time in a heterometallic Schiff base complex host, [Cu(vanpn)Na(CH 3 COO)(H 2 O)]. 2H 2 O, { H 2 v anpn = N , N′ - propylene-bis(3-methoxysalicylideneimine}. The present findings provide insight and serve as a prototype for stabilizing other pure and hybrid water clusters.