Cadmium benzylphosphonates – the close relationship between structure and properties†
Abstract
Cadmium benzylphosphonate Cd(O3PBn)·H2O (1) and its fluorinated derivates Cd(O3PBn-3F)·H2O (2), Cd(O3PBn-4F)·H2O (3), and Cd(O3PBn-F5)·H2O (4) were synthesized mechanochemically. The crystal structures of the compounds were determined based on powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data. The influence of the ligand substitution on the crystal structure of the metal phosphonate was determined. The hydrophobicity as a function of degree of fluorination was investigated using dynamic vapor sorption.
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