Figure 4.
Crystal structures of K+-selective [2,2,2]cryptand. (Left) K+ ion is green with an average O–K+ distance of 2.8 Å. (Middle) Na+ ion is orange with an average O–Na+ distance of 2.6 Å. (Right) Li+ ion is yellow with an average O–Na+ distance of 2.4 Å. Structures are from Chekhlov (2003, 2005a,b).