Linear chain aluminium(III) carboxymethylphosphonate with encapsulated ammonium ions

Ayi Anyama Ayi; Tiffany L Kinnibrugh; Abraham Clearfield

doi:10.1039/c1dt11620g

Linear chain aluminium(III) carboxymethylphosphonate with encapsulated ammonium ions

Dalton Trans. 2011 Dec 21;40(47):12648-50. doi: 10.1039/c1dt11620g. Epub 2011 Oct 27.

Authors

Ayi Anyama Ayi¹, Tiffany L Kinnibrugh, Abraham Clearfield

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, USA.

PMID: 22031301
DOI: 10.1039/c1dt11620g

Abstract

An aluminium carboxymethylphosphonate of composition (NH(4))(2)Al(H(1/2)O(3)PCH(2)CO(2))(2) has been prepared hydrothermally. The aluminium cation is chelated by six membered rings formed from bonding by both the carboxylate and phosphonate oxygens. These chelate rings in turn form larger eight membered rings by connecting to similar chelate groups to form chains running along the a-axis.