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.