Issue 27, 2012

Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of a novel framework aluminium diphosphonate

Abstract

We report here the hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure and properties of the hybrid inorganic–organic framework material Al2[O3PC6H4PO3](H2O)2F2·2H2O which is the seventh member of the group 13 metal diphosphonate framework series of formula M(III)2[O3PRPO3](H2O)2F2. The structure is formed from linear chains of corner-sharing AlO4F2 octahedra in which the two fluorine atoms are present in a trans configuration. The diphosphonate groups link the chains together through Al–O–P–O–Al bridges and through the phenylene groups to form a three-dimensional framework structure containing a one-dimensional channel system containing eight non-framework water molecules per unit cell. The framework structure remains crystalline with respect to the loss of the non-framework water molecules but removal of the framework water molecules results in a rapid loss of framework stability and crystallinity. The work demonstrates the potential to design the structure and void volume of a hybrid framework material through directed formation of the extended two-dimensional inorganic component and the packing of the organic component within the interlayer region.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of a novel framework aluminium diphosphonate

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Aug 2012
Accepted
30 Aug 2012
First published
31 Aug 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 10291-10297

Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of a novel framework aluminium diphosphonate

M. P. Attfield, C. Mendieta-Tan, R. N. Telchadder and M. A. Roberts, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 10291 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21930A

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