GaFPO3(C6H5): a new fluorinated gallium phenyl­phosphonate with a layered network

Crystals of gallium fluoro­phenyl­phospho­nate were synthesized hydro­thermally at 453 K under autogenous pressure. The solid crystallizes in the monoclinic system and its structure is built up by the connection of zigzag chains of edge‐sharing GaO₄F₂ octahedra to phenyl­phosphonate groups. This results in the formation of a layered structure, in which the phenyl groups point upward and downward from the inorganic sheet. The Ga atoms occupy the special positions 4a (inversion center) and 4e (twofold axis).