Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.44, No.13, 4604-4607, 2005
Assembly of helical hydrogen bonds in a new layered aluminophosphate [C6N3H17][Al-2(HPO4)(PO4)(2)]
A new layered aluminophosphate, [C6N3H17][Al-2(HPO4)(PO4)(2)] (denoted AIPO-CJ21), has been prepared in an alcoholic system by the use of N-(2-aminoethyl)-piperazine (AEPP) as the template. Its inorganic layer containing a series of bridged six-membered rings (MRs) is a new type of 4.6-net sheet built up from AlO4, PO2(OH)(=O), and PO3(=O) tetrahedra. Interestingly, inorganic helical chains of right- or left-handedness are presented in the aluminophosphate layers, and fascinating hydrogen-bonded helices are self-assembled under solvothermal conditions between organic templates and inorganic sheets via strong hydrogen bondings of (ON)-N-... atoms. Crystal data: monoclinic, P2(1) (No. 4), a = 10.069(2) angstrom, b = 8.0875(16) angstrom, c = 10.598(2) angstrom, beta = 94.71(3)degrees, z = 2, R-1 = 0.0325 [I > 2 Sigma(I)], and wR(2) = 0.0807 (all data); Flack parameter: 0.03.