Synthesis and structure of a new layered aluminium phosphate: [BuNH3]3[Al3P4O16]
Abstract
A new two-dimensional aluminium phosphate,
[BuNH
3
]
3
[Al
3
P
4
O
16
], has been synthesized under solvothermal conditions at 453 K
using butylamine as template. The structure, solved using single-crystal
X-ray diffraction data measured at 200 K [trigonal, space group
P![[3 with combining macron]](https://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_0033_0304.gif)
, a = 13.158(2),
c = 9.633(2) Å,
U = 1444.4 Å
3
,
Z = 2], consists of AAAA-stacked
[Al
3
P
4
O
16
]
3-
layers
containing 12-membered rings of alternating AlO
4
and
PO
4
tetrahedra. Disordered butylammonium cations lie between
the layers with their hydrophobic tails pointing into the channels
bounded by the 12-membered rings.
, a = 13.158(2),
c = 9.633(2) Å,
U = 1444.4 Å
3
,
Z = 2], consists of AAAA-stacked
[Al
3
P
4
O
16
]
3-
layers
containing 12-membered rings of alternating AlO
4
and
PO
4
tetrahedra. Disordered butylammonium cations lie between
the layers with their hydrophobic tails pointing into the channels
bounded by the 12-membered rings.
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