Hydrothermal Synthesis and Structure of a New Two-dimensional Zincophosphite: Zn_2(HPO_3)_3·H_2DACH(DACH = 1,2-diaminocyclohexane)

A new open-framework zincophosphite, Zn2(HPO3)3H2DACH 1, was hydro- thermally synthesized in the presence of 1,2-diaminocyclohexane (DACH) as structure-directing agent. Its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and further characterized by FTIR, elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis. Crystal data for 1: Mr = 486.88, monoclinic, space group P21/c with a = 10.2287(11), b = 9.7624(11), c = 16.1686(18) , b = 92.573(2), V = 1612.9(3) 3, Z = 4, Dc = 2.005 g/cm3, F(000) = 984, = 3.314 mm-1 and S = 1.152. The final R = 0.0473 and wR = 0.1121 for 2456 observed reflections with I > 2s(I). The inorganic layer consisting of four- and eight-membered rings is constructed of alternating ZnO4 tetrahedra and HPO3 pseudo pyramids by sharing vertices. The organic template molecules reside in the interlayer region and interact with the inorganic network through H-bonds.