Kwang-Hwa Lii and Yuh-Feng Huang
An organically templated iron phosphate,
[HN(CH2CH2)3NH]3[Fe8
(HPO4)12(PO4)2(H
2O)6], has been synthesized under solvothermal
conditions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction,
Mössbauer spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The compound
crystallizes in the trigonal space group P
c1
(no. 165) with a = 13.5274(5),
c = 19.2645(6) Å,
U = 3052.9(3) Å3 and
Z = 2. The structure consists of layers of
corner-sharing FeO6 and FeO5(OH2)
octahedra and PO4 and PO3(OH) tetrahedra which are
pillared through additional FeO6 octahedra to form a
three-dimensional framework structure. The framework contains a
two-dimensional array of intersecting channels in which the charge
compensating diprotonated 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane cations reside.
The framework is closely related to that of an imidazole encapsulating
indium phosphate,
[H3O][C3N2H5]3
[In8(HPO4)14(H2O)6
]·5H2O.