Abstract: | The two‐dimensional zinc phosphate H3N(CH2)3NH3]0.5Zn2(PO4)(HPO4)], has been synthesized hydrothermally using 1,3‐diaminopropane as the template. Its structure contains an inorganic framework with three‐, four‐, or six‐membered rings, built from PO4, PO3(OH) and ZnO4 tetrahedral moieties sharing vertexes. The protonated 1,3‐diaminopropane molecules interact with the framework through hydrogen bonds. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |