Abstract
The structures of Ti-oxo clusters were thought to be rigid given the high stability of Ti–O–Ti bonds. A Ti<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">32-oxo nanoring, Ti<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">32(μ<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">2-O)<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">8(μ<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">3-O)<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">8(L)<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">16(gly)<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">32(glyH)<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">16·12(glyH<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">2)·29(IPA) (L = 4-aminobenzoic acid, glyH<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">2 = ethylene glycol, IPA = isopropanol) (1), experiences an unexpected single-crystal-to-single-crystal desolvation process upon exposure to air, affording another new crystalline phase Ti<**all style="font-family:museo_sans300, museo-sans;color:;letter-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff">32-oxo cluster (1-Dry) with a shrunk ring size.