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A large protonated water cluster, H+(H2O)27, has been trapped and stabilized within the well-modulated cavity of a 3D metal-organic framework formed by cobalt(II) and 4,4'-bipyridine-N,N'-dioxide with a globular Keggin structure [PW12O4]3- anion as template. The structurally characterized protonated water cluster might comprise a (H2O)26 shell with Oh symmetry and a monowater core within the center which is suggested to be a hydronium ion with the Eigen model.
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Wei et al. (2006) studied this question.
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