Crystal structure of a two-dimensional metal-organic framework assembled from lithium(I) and γ-cyclo-dextrin

The crystal structure of the polymeric title compound, catena-poly[[[di-aqua-lithium]-μ-γ-cyclo-dextrin(1-)-[aqua-lithium]-μ-γ-cyclo-dextrin(1-)] pentadecahydrate], {[Li₂(C₄₈H₇₉O₄₀)₂(H₂O)₃]·15H₂O} , consists of deprotonated γ-cyclo-dextrin (CD) mol-ecules assembled by lithium ions into metal-organic ribbons that are cross-linked by multiple O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into sheets extending parallel to (01). Within a ribbon, one Li⁺ ion is coordinated by one deprotonated hydroxyl group of the first γ-CD torus and by one hydroxyl group of the second γ-CD torus as well as by two water mol-ecules. The other Li⁺ ion is coordinated by one deprotonated hydroxyl and by one hydroxyl group of the second γ-CD torus, by one hydroxyl group of the first γ-CD torus as well as by one water mol-ecule. The coordination spheres of both Li⁺ cations are distorted tetra-hedral. The packing of the structure constitute channels along the a axis. Parts of the hy-droxy-methyl groups in cyclo-dextrin molecules as well as water mol-ecules show two-component disorder. Electron density associated with additional disordered solvent mol-ecules inside the cavities was removed with the SQUEEZE [Spek (2015 ▸). Acta Cryst. C71, 9-18] routine in PLATON. These solvent mol-ecules are not considered in the given chemical formula and other crystal data. Five out of the sixteen hy-droxy-methyl groups and one water mol-ecule are disordered over two sets of sites.