Issue 42, 2009

Polymorphism and variable structural dimensionality in the iron(III) phosphate oxalate system: a new polymorph of 3D [Fe2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2]·2H2O and the layered material [Fe2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2]

Abstract

Two new iron (III) phosphate oxalates have been isolated under hydrothermal conditions as phase-pure samples and their crystal structures determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction. [Fe2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2]·2H2O, I, is a polymorph of a known phase and differs in the local arrangement of hydrophosphate, oxalate and coordinated water about iron, presenting a mer orientation of three coordinated phosphates, rather than fac as previously seen. The structure of I is three-dimensionally connected with similar network connectivity to the known phase but different overall topology. [Fe2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2], II, has a layered structure constructed from octahedral Fe(III) centres coordinated by hydrophosphate, oxalate and water in a fac arrangement. The amount of water used in synthesis is one of the key experimental parameters in stabilising one phase over the other. Thermogravimetric analysis shows that both I and II ultimately collapse into dense tridymite type FePO4 above 600 °C and variable temperature powder XRD shows that this occurs via crystalline intermediate phases. Variable temperature magnetisation measurements show that both materials order antiferromagnetically at low temperatures, with similar Néel temperatures (∼29 K) despite their long-range structural differences.

Graphical abstract: Polymorphism and variable structural dimensionality in the iron(III) phosphate oxalate system: a new polymorph of 3D [Fe2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2]·2H2O and the layered material [Fe2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2]

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Jun 2009
Accepted
17 Aug 2009
First published
03 Sep 2009

Dalton Trans., 2009, 9176-9182

Polymorphism and variable structural dimensionality in the iron(III) phosphate oxalate system: a new polymorph of 3D [Fe2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2]·2H2O and the layered material [Fe2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2]

Z. A. D. Lethbridge, G. J. Clarkson, S. S. Turner and R. I. Walton, Dalton Trans., 2009, 9176 DOI: 10.1039/B911757A

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