Synthesis and Structure of Li8(HPO4)(BePO4)6.H20, A New Zeolite losod-type Beryllophosphate Molecular Sieve: Anion Templating with (HP04)2-.
Abstract:
We report synthesis and single-crystal structure of Li8HPO4BePO46-H2O BePO-LOS which is a topological equivalent of the synthetic low-sodium aluminosilicate zeolite losod, Na6AlSiO46-9H2O structure code LOS. Crystal data for BePO-LOS trigonal, space group P31c No. 159, alpha 11.504 2 A, c 9.273 2 A V 1062.8 cubic-A, Z 2.R 4.63, R sub w 4.88 for 1053 observed reflections with I . 3oI. Refined framework-atom bond distances D SUB AVEBe-O 1.624 4 A, d sub aveP-O 1.531 2 A reflect the fully-ordered distribution of Be and P-atoms over the framework tetrahedral nodes. The extra-framework lithium cations are in typical tetrahedral geometry 3 framework oxygen atomis 1 extra framework oxygen atom, while the included hydrogen phosphate anion, coordinated by lithium cations within the loso-cage, is novel. The structure of BePO-LOS is considered in relationship to other BePO sieves characterized recently.