metal-organic compounds
Butane-1,4-diamine zinc(II) hydrogen phosphite
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland
*Correspondence e-mail: w.harrison@abdn.ac.uk
The title compound, poly[zinc(II)-μ-butane-1,4-diamine-μ-(hydrogen phosphito)] (C4H12N2)0.5[ZnHPO3], is a hybrid organic–inorganic solid built up from 1,4-diaminobutane molecules, Zn2+ cations (coordinated by three O atoms and one N atom) and HPO32− hydrogen phosphite groups. The organic species bonds to the Zn atom as an unprotonated ligand, resulting in it acting as a bridge between infinite ZnHPO3 layers, which propagate in (100). The complete butane-1,4-diamine species is generated from a H2N(CH2)2– half molecule by inversion symmetry. The zincophosphite sheets contain polyhedral four- and eight-membered rings in a 4.82 topology.
Comment
The title compound, [H2N(CH2)4NH2]0.5[ZnHPO3], (I), is another example of the rapidly expanding family of organically templated zinc hydrogen phosphite (ZnHPO) networks (Kirkpatrick & Harrison, 2004, and references therein; Fu et al., 2004) and is the first reported ZnHPO compound to incorporate butane-1,4-diamine as the organic species. Compound (I) was prepared in single-crystal form by a typical mild-condition solution-mediated reaction (Cheetham et al., 1999).
Compound (I) (Fig. 1) is built up from neutral unprotonated butane-1,4-diamine [H2N(CH2)4NH2] molecules, Zn2+ cations and HPO32− hydrogen phosphite groups. Each complete butane-1,4-diamine entity is generated from a half-molecule H2N(CH2)2– fragment by inversion symmetry (Table 1). The N atom makes a ligand-like bond to the Zn atom by formal donation of its lone pair of electrons, as seen in related systems (Rodgers & Harrison, 2000). The tetrahedral zinc coordination is completed by three O atoms [mean Zn—O = 1.943 (2) Å], all of which form bridges to nearby HPO32− groups [mean Zn—O—P = 131.3 (2)°]. The pseudo-pyramidal HPO32− moiety has typical geometrical parameters, with a mean P—O distance of 1.518 (2) Å and a mean O—P—O angle of 112.48 (9)° (Kirkpatrick & Harrison, 2004). Its three O atoms all make bridges to nearby zinc cations. As usual, the P—H moiety does not interact with any nearby chemical species.
The polyhedral building units in (I) thus consist of ZnO3N and HPO3 tetrahedra, linked by way of the O atoms. These units form sheets, built up from strictly alternating Zn- and P-centred moieties, which propagate in the (100) plane. Every tetrahedral node (i.e. the Zn and P atoms) participates in one four-membered ring (generated by inversion symmetry) and two eight-membered rings (Fig. 2), and this topology is classed as a 4.82 sheet (O'Keeffe & Hyde, 1996).
The organic species crosslink the (100) ZnHPO3 sheets in a Zn—b—Zn (b is the organic bridge) fashion, as shown in Fig. 3, resulting in a hybrid `pillared' structure in which the inorganic and organic components alternate along [100]. In principle, this arrangement represents a novel kind of microporosity, with the channels bounded by both inorganic and organic surfaces. However, in (I), the presence of the P—H bond protruding into the channel region and the highly twisted conformation of the 1,4-diaminobutane moiety mean that there is no possibility of ingress by other chemical species. Finally, the butane-1,4-diamine NH2 groups in (I) participate in N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds (Table 2), of which one (via H3) is simple and one (via H2) is bifurcated (Fig. 4). These hydrogen bonds appear to help to anchor the organic moiety to an eight-membered ring window in the zinc hydrogen phosphite layer, in a similar way to the behaviour of ethylenediamine in [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnHPO3] (Rodgers & Harrison, 2000). Here, however, the zincophosphite 8-ring pores are highly flattened, whereas in [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnHPO3] they are far more regular.
Compound (I) complements several other `pillared' networks built up from ZnO3Nl (Nl = ligand amine N atom) tetrahedra and pyramidal or pseudo-pyramidal inorganic oxyanions. Both modifications of ethylenediamine zinc selenite, [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnSeO3] (Choudhury et al., 2002; Millange et al., 2004), contain sheets of ZnO3N and SeO3 groups fused into a three-dimensional network by the ethylenediamine moieties bonding to the Zn atom from each end of the H2N(CH2)2NH2 species. The first of these (Choudhury et al., 2002) is based on 63 inorganic sheets (each nodal atom participates in three six-membered rings), whereas the second (Millange et al., 2004) is based on 4.82 sheets, as seen here for (I). The 1,4-diaminobenzene template in (C6N2H8)0.5[ZnHPO3] (Kirkpatrick & Harrison, 2004) acts in a similar way to ethylenediamine in the [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnSeO3] phases; in this case, 63 polyhedral sheets arise. Finally, [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnHPO3] (Rodgers & Harrison, 2000) has a novel structure based on 4.82 sheets in which two independent networks form an interpenetrating array akin to coordination polymers.
Experimental
Zinc oxide, phosphorus acid (H3PO3) and butane-1,4-diamine in a 1:2:2 molar ratio were shaken in distilled water (25 ml) in a 60 ml HDPE bottle for a few minutes until a white slurry formed. The bottle was then placed in an oven at 353 K for 2 d. The solid product was filtered off hot by suction filtration using a Buchner funnel and rinsed with water and acetone, resulting in intergrown block-like crystals of (I). An ATOMS (Shape Software, 1999) simulation of the X-ray powder pattern of (I), based on the single-crystal structure described here, was in excellent agreement with the measured data, indicating phase purity.
Crystal data
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Refinement
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All H atoms were placed in idealized positions and refined as riding on their carrier atoms [P—H = 1.32 Å, N—H = 0.90 Å, C—H = 0.97 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(parent atom)].
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1999); cell SAINT (Bruker, 1999); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and ATOMS (Shape Software, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S0108270104024862/tr1100sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S0108270104024862/tr1100Isup2.hkl
Zinc oxide, phosphorus acid (H3PO3) and 1,4-diaminobutane in a 1:2:2 molar ratio were shaken in distilled water (25 ml) in a 60 ml HDPE bottle for a few minutes until a white slurry formed. The bottle was then placed in an oven at 353 K for 2 d. The solid product was filtered hot by suction filtration using a Buchner funnel and rinsed with water and acetone, resulting in intergrown block-like crystals of (I). An ATOMS (Shape Software, 1999) simulation of the X-ray powder pattern of (I) based on the single-crystal structure described here, was in excellent agreement with the measured data, indicating phase purity.
All H atoms were placed in idealized locations and refined as riding on their carrier atoms [P—H = 1.32 Å, N—H = 0.90 Å, C—H = 0.97 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(parent atom)].
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1999); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 1999); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and ATOMS (Shape Software, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.Fig. 1. A view of a fragment of (I) (50% probability displacement ellipsoids). H atoms are drawn as small spheres of arbitrary radius. Symmetry codes are as in Table 1. | |
Fig. 2. A view down [100] of a fragment of a ZnHPO3 layer in (I), showing the topologial connectivity of the Zn (large spheres) and P (small spheres) tetrahedral nodes into 4.82 sheets. Atoms labeled with an asterisk (*) are at the symmetry position (2 − x, 1 − y, 1 − z). The lines linking the Zn and P atoms represent Zn—O—P bridges, which are not linear (see Table 1). | |
Fig. 3. The unit-cell packing in (I), viewed down [001], in a polyhedral representation (ZnO3N groups: dark shading; HPO3 groups: light shading). All H atoms, except atom H1, have been omitted for clarity. | |
Fig. 4. A polyhedral view of a fragment of a (100) ZnHPO3 layer in (I), showing the N—H···O bonds associated with a flattened eight-ring window. Symmetry codes are as in Table 2. |
(C4H12N2)0.5[ZnHPO3] | F(000) = 380 |
Mr = 189.43 | Dx = 2.241 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 3298 reflections |
a = 8.4713 (4) Å | θ = 2.5–32.2° |
b = 8.2489 (4) Å | µ = 4.57 mm−1 |
c = 8.0805 (4) Å | T = 293 K |
β = 96.093 (1)° | Slab, colourless |
V = 561.47 (5) Å3 | 0.32 × 0.30 × 0.13 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 1964 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1667 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.017 |
ω scans | θmax = 32.2°, θmin = 2.4° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) | h = −12→12 |
Tmin = 0.323, Tmax = 0.588 | k = −5→12 |
5407 measured reflections | l = −12→11 |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.019 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.049 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0259P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.07 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.002 |
1964 reflections | Δρmax = 0.44 e Å−3 |
74 parameters | Δρmin = −0.32 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL97, Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.0032 (7) |
(C4H12N2)0.5[ZnHPO3] | V = 561.47 (5) Å3 |
Mr = 189.43 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 8.4713 (4) Å | µ = 4.57 mm−1 |
b = 8.2489 (4) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 8.0805 (4) Å | 0.32 × 0.30 × 0.13 mm |
β = 96.093 (1)° |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 1964 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) | 1667 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.323, Tmax = 0.588 | Rint = 0.017 |
5407 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.019 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.049 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.07 | Δρmax = 0.44 e Å−3 |
1964 reflections | Δρmin = −0.32 e Å−3 |
74 parameters |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Zn1 | 0.897600 (18) | 0.46510 (2) | 0.218542 (18) | 0.02079 (6) | |
P1 | 0.80502 (4) | 0.38978 (5) | 0.58340 (4) | 0.01849 (8) | |
H1 | 0.6629 | 0.3526 | 0.6249 | 0.022* | |
O1 | 0.77922 (14) | 0.46180 (16) | 0.41029 (13) | 0.0341 (3) | |
O2 | 0.87536 (13) | 0.51177 (15) | 0.71268 (13) | 0.0292 (2) | |
O3 | 0.89785 (15) | 0.23256 (13) | 0.58785 (15) | 0.0340 (3) | |
N1 | 0.79215 (13) | 0.63445 (15) | 0.06227 (14) | 0.0216 (2) | |
H2 | 0.8534 | 0.7239 | 0.0694 | 0.026* | |
H3 | 0.7898 | 0.5968 | −0.0425 | 0.026* | |
C1 | 0.62758 (16) | 0.68278 (19) | 0.09135 (18) | 0.0255 (3) | |
H4 | 0.5892 | 0.7625 | 0.0085 | 0.031* | |
H5 | 0.6306 | 0.7339 | 0.1998 | 0.031* | |
C2 | 0.51209 (16) | 0.54297 (19) | 0.08398 (16) | 0.0243 (3) | |
H6 | 0.4102 | 0.5830 | 0.1110 | 0.029* | |
H7 | 0.5496 | 0.4645 | 0.1685 | 0.029* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Zn1 | 0.02292 (9) | 0.01930 (9) | 0.01926 (9) | 0.00246 (6) | −0.00184 (5) | −0.00111 (6) |
P1 | 0.01839 (15) | 0.02006 (17) | 0.01691 (15) | −0.00126 (13) | 0.00140 (11) | 0.00077 (12) |
O1 | 0.0351 (6) | 0.0467 (8) | 0.0206 (5) | 0.0139 (5) | 0.0030 (4) | 0.0097 (5) |
O2 | 0.0231 (5) | 0.0312 (6) | 0.0319 (6) | 0.0012 (4) | −0.0032 (4) | −0.0115 (4) |
O3 | 0.0484 (7) | 0.0190 (5) | 0.0363 (6) | 0.0068 (5) | 0.0134 (5) | 0.0076 (5) |
N1 | 0.0189 (5) | 0.0203 (6) | 0.0250 (5) | −0.0029 (4) | 0.0001 (4) | 0.0030 (5) |
C1 | 0.0216 (6) | 0.0242 (7) | 0.0298 (7) | 0.0025 (6) | −0.0010 (5) | −0.0025 (6) |
C2 | 0.0195 (6) | 0.0322 (8) | 0.0212 (6) | −0.0025 (6) | 0.0020 (4) | −0.0019 (6) |
Zn1—O1 | 1.9331 (11) | N1—C1 | 1.4924 (18) |
Zn1—O3i | 1.9427 (11) | N1—H2 | 0.9000 |
Zn1—O2ii | 1.9539 (11) | N1—H3 | 0.9000 |
Zn1—N1 | 2.0260 (12) | C1—C2 | 1.509 (2) |
P1—O1 | 1.5140 (11) | C1—H4 | 0.9700 |
P1—O3 | 1.5152 (12) | C1—H5 | 0.9700 |
P1—O2 | 1.5254 (11) | C2—C2iv | 1.526 (3) |
P1—H1 | 1.3200 | C2—H6 | 0.9700 |
O2—Zn1ii | 1.9539 (11) | C2—H7 | 0.9700 |
O3—Zn1iii | 1.9427 (11) | ||
O1—Zn1—O3i | 117.03 (5) | Zn1—N1—H2 | 108.2 |
O1—Zn1—O2ii | 110.62 (5) | C1—N1—H3 | 108.2 |
O3i—Zn1—O2ii | 100.29 (5) | Zn1—N1—H3 | 108.2 |
O1—Zn1—N1 | 106.10 (5) | H2—N1—H3 | 107.4 |
O3i—Zn1—N1 | 105.41 (5) | N1—C1—C2 | 113.71 (12) |
O2ii—Zn1—N1 | 117.75 (5) | N1—C1—H4 | 108.8 |
O1—P1—O3 | 112.42 (7) | C2—C1—H4 | 108.8 |
O1—P1—O2 | 112.43 (7) | N1—C1—H5 | 108.8 |
O3—P1—O2 | 112.60 (7) | C2—C1—H5 | 108.8 |
O1—P1—H1 | 106.3 | H4—C1—H5 | 107.7 |
O3—P1—H1 | 106.3 | C1—C2—C2iv | 114.55 (15) |
O2—P1—H1 | 106.3 | C1—C2—H6 | 108.6 |
P1—O1—Zn1 | 135.21 (7) | C2iv—C2—H6 | 108.6 |
P1—O2—Zn1ii | 124.08 (7) | C1—C2—H7 | 108.6 |
P1—O3—Zn1iii | 134.49 (7) | C2iv—C2—H7 | 108.6 |
C1—N1—Zn1 | 116.33 (9) | H6—C2—H7 | 107.6 |
C1—N1—H2 | 108.2 | ||
O3—P1—O1—Zn1 | −32.09 (14) | O2—P1—O3—Zn1iii | 84.33 (12) |
O2—P1—O1—Zn1 | 96.23 (12) | O1—Zn1—N1—C1 | −18.17 (11) |
O3i—Zn1—O1—P1 | 75.42 (13) | O3i—Zn1—N1—C1 | 106.60 (10) |
O2ii—Zn1—O1—P1 | −38.56 (13) | O2ii—Zn1—N1—C1 | −142.64 (9) |
N1—Zn1—O1—P1 | −167.34 (11) | Zn1—N1—C1—C2 | −57.62 (14) |
O1—P1—O2—Zn1ii | −93.89 (10) | N1—C1—C2—C2iv | −61.9 (2) |
O3—P1—O2—Zn1ii | 34.34 (11) | C1—C2—C2iv—C1iv | 180.0 |
O1—P1—O3—Zn1iii | −147.44 (10) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2; (ii) −x+2, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) x, −y+1/2, z+1/2; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H2···O2v | 0.90 | 2.47 | 3.2107 (17) | 140 |
N1—H2···O3vi | 0.90 | 2.57 | 3.1143 (16) | 119 |
N1—H3···O2vii | 0.90 | 2.29 | 3.1501 (15) | 160 |
Symmetry codes: (v) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (vi) −x+2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (vii) x, y, z−1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | (C4H12N2)0.5[ZnHPO3] |
Mr | 189.43 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.4713 (4), 8.2489 (4), 8.0805 (4) |
β (°) | 96.093 (1) |
V (Å3) | 561.47 (5) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 4.57 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.32 × 0.30 × 0.13 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.323, 0.588 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 5407, 1964, 1667 |
Rint | 0.017 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.750 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.019, 0.049, 1.07 |
No. of reflections | 1964 |
No. of parameters | 74 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.44, −0.32 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 1999), SAINT (Bruker, 1999), SAINT, SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and ATOMS (Shape Software, 1999), SHELXL97.
Zn1—O1 | 1.9331 (11) | P1—O1 | 1.5140 (11) |
Zn1—O3i | 1.9427 (11) | P1—O3 | 1.5152 (12) |
Zn1—O2ii | 1.9539 (11) | P1—O2 | 1.5254 (11) |
Zn1—N1 | 2.0260 (12) | ||
P1—O1—Zn1 | 135.21 (7) | P1—O3—Zn1iii | 134.49 (7) |
P1—O2—Zn1ii | 124.08 (7) | C1—N1—Zn1 | 116.33 (9) |
Zn1—N1—C1—C2 | −57.62 (14) | C1—C2—C2iv—C1iv | 180.0 |
N1—C1—C2—C2iv | −61.9 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2; (ii) −x+2, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) x, −y+1/2, z+1/2; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H2···O2v | 0.90 | 2.47 | 3.2107 (17) | 140 |
N1—H2···O3vi | 0.90 | 2.57 | 3.1143 (16) | 119 |
N1—H3···O2vii | 0.90 | 2.29 | 3.1501 (15) | 160 |
Symmetry codes: (v) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (vi) −x+2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (vii) x, y, z−1. |
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The title compound, [H2N(CH2)4NH2]0.5[ZnHPO3], (I), is another example of the rapidly expanding family of organically templated zinc hydrogen phosphite (ZnHPO) networks (Kirkpatrick & Harrison, 2004, and references therein; Fu et al., 2004) and is the first reported ZnHPO compound to incorporate 1,4-diaminobutane as the organic species. Compound (I) was prepared in single-crystal form by a typical mild-condition solution-mediated reaction (Cheetham et al., 1999).
Compound (I) (Fig. 1) is built up from neutral unprotonated 1,4-diaminobutane [H2N(CH2)4NH2 or C4H12N2] molecules, Zn2+ cations, and HPO32− hydrogen phosphite groups. Each complete 1,4-diaminobutane entity is generated from a half-molecule [H2N(CH2)2] fragment by inversion symmetry (Table 1). The N atom makes a ligand-like bond to zinc by formal donation of its lone pair of electrons, as seen in related systems (Rodgers & Harrison, 2000). The tetrahedral zinc coordination is completed by three O atoms [mean Zn—O = 1.943 (2) Å], all of which form bridges to nearby HPO32− groups [mean Zn—O—P = 131.3 (2)°]. The pseudo-pyramidal HPO32− moiety has typical geometrical parameters, with a mean P—O distance of 1.518 (2) Å, and a mean O—P—O angle of 112.48 (9)° (Kirkpatrick & Harrison, 2004, and references therein). Its three O atoms all make bridges to nearby zinc cations. As usual, the P—H moiety does not interact with any nearby chemical species.
The polyhedral building units in (I) thus consist of ZnO3N and HPO3 tetrahedra, linked by way of the O atoms. These units form sheets, built up from strictly alternating Zn- and P-centred moieties, which propagate in the (100) plane. Every tetrahedral node (i.e. the Zn and P atoms) participates in one four-membered ring (generated by inversion symmetry) and two eight-membered rings (Fig. 2), and this topology is classed as a 4.82 sheet (O'Keeffe & Hyde, 1996).
The organic species crosslink the (100) ZnHPO3 sheets in a Zn—b—Zn (b is the organic bridge) fashion, as shown in Fig. 3, resulting in a hybrid, `pillared' structure in which the inorganic and organic components alternate along [100]. In principle, this arrangement represents a novel kind of microporosity, with the channels bounded by both inorganic and organic surfaces. However, in (I), the presence of the P–H bond protruding into the channel region and the highly twisted conformation of the 1,4-diaminobutane moiety means that there is no possibility of ingress by other chemical species. Finally, the 1,4-diaminobutane –NH2 groups in (I) participate in N—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 2), of which one (via H3) is simple and one (via H2) is bifurcated (Fig. 4). These hydrogen bonds appear to help to anchor the organic moiety to an eight-membered ring window in the zinc hydrogen phosphite layer in a similar way to the behaviour of ethylenediamine in [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnHPO3] (Rodgers & Harrison, 2000). Here, however, the zincophosphate eight-ring pores are highly flattened, whereas in [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnHPO3] they are far more regular.
Compound (I) complements several other `pillared' networks built up from ZnO3Nl (Nl = ligand amine N atom) tetrahedra and pyramidal or pseudo-pyramidal inorganic oxyanions. Both modifications of ethylenediamine zinc selenite, [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnSeO3] (Choudhury et al., 2002; Millange et al., 2004), contain sheets of ZnO3N and SeO3 groups fused into a three-dimensional network by the ethylenediamine moieties bonding to Zn from each end of the H2N(CH2)2NH2 species. The first of these (Choudhury et al., 2002) is based on 63 inorganic sheets (each nodal atom participates in three six-membered rings), whereas the second (Millange et al., 2004) is based on 4.82 sheets, as seen here for (I). The 1,4-diaminobenzene template in [C6N2H8]0.5[ZnHPO3] (Kirkpatrick & Harrison, 2004) acts in a similar way to ethylenediamine in the [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnSeO3] phases; in this case 63 polyhedral sheets arise. Finally, [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5[ZnHPO3] (Rodgers & Harrison, 2000) has a novel structure based on 4.82 sheets in which two independent networks from an interpenetrating array akin to coordination polymers.