Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.10, 1282-1283, 2004
A novel layered structure of a new cadmium chlorophosphate with an imidazolium template
A new organically templated cadmium chlorophosphate, (C3H6N2)[Cd2Cl2(HPO4)(2)] (C3H6N2 = diprotonated imidazole) with a novel layered structure, was synthesized hydrothermally in the presence of imidazole as a structure-directing agent. This is the first example of a cadmium chlorophosphate with polymeric chains that consist of Cd-O/Cl-Cd units.