A particularly stable cryptand (thus the name; presumably from sepulchure?) which has more ligands to co-ordinate the complexed metal ion.

An example of this class of molecules is the octaazacryptand C12N8H30.Co (which I refuse to even atempt to draw in ASCII :)


umm... wtf? - This was a crappy first attempt at this node, I admit. Why, however, did it get EIGHT upvotes? And Don't make shit up at the bottom? And penis bird? I only left the site for a few hours to get home and watch England whip Germany 5-1 ... did you all go MAD while...oh, wait - you're all already amd aren't'cha :)