Hydrogen bonding continued diols

A network of host diol molecules (space group P3 21) is maintained by continuous helical spines of hydrogen bonds. Other diol molecules radiate from and interconnect these spines enclosing parallel open canals containing the disordered guest molecules. This tubuland structure constitutes an especially interesting example since in each crystal these canals are surrounded by a double helical array of host diol molecules of the same chirality. 

Hydrogen bonding in (Continued diamine, diol mixtures, 138 ethanolamine, 282 nucleic acids, 137-138 proteins, 137-138 water dimer, 138 water trimer, 139... 

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