Preparation and Structure of A Novel Ethanolamine-occluding Aluminoarsenate

An aluminoarsenate, Al2As2O3.EAN, denoted as AlAsO4-1 was synthesized from EAN(EAN= ethanolamine), pyroarsenic acid and aluminium-iso-propylate systems. The crystal structure of AlAsO4-1 was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction method. The compound crystallizes in orthorhombic space group Pcab with the unit cell constants:0 = 8.781(3), 6=10.261(3), c=20. 433(11) A .V = 1840.9 A3, 2=8. The final R and Rw factors are 0. 0401 and 0. 0344, respectively. The framework of AlAsO4-1 contains two types of Al atoms. It is interesting that in the asymmetric unit one of two Al atoms is strictly 4-coordinated and the other is 6-coordinated. The three-dimensional framework is built of two-dimensional nets which consist of 4-membered rings and 8-membered rings. The biggest open channel in the framework runs along [100], in which EAN template is located. Arsenic atoms can function as a component element for construction of three-dimensional net with topological novelty.