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Describing the crystalline order of solids is relatively straightforward. Here we report the crystal structure of an anionic water cluster polymer [(H2O)18(OH)2]n2n\u2212 moiety that is stabilized by bis(2,2\u2032-bipyridine) cupric chloride [Cu(bipy)2Cl]\u2212 host.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules23010195","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,22]],"date-time":"2018-01-22T04:51:13Z","timestamp":1516596673000},"page":"195","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Anionic Water Cluster Polymers [(H2O)18(OH)2]n2n\u2212 Is Stabilized by Bis(2,2\u2032-bipyridine) Cupric Chloride [Cu(bipy)2Cl]\u2212"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"E","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fangfang","family":"Jian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3863","DOI":"10.1021\/cr990054v","article-title":"Huiske Infrared Spectroscopy of Size-Selected Water and Methanol Clusters","volume":"100","author":"Buck","year":"2000","journal-title":"Chem. 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