An organically templated beryllophosphite, [H
3N(CH
2)
3NH
3]·[Be
3(HPO
3)
4]
1, has been synthesizedunder mild hydrothermal conditions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It is the first beryllophosphite using organic amine as a structure-direction agent. Compound
1 crystallizes in a monoclinic system,space group
P2
1/
c with cell parameters:
a = 8.5983(15) Å,
b = 13.1561(19) Å,
c = 13.460(2) Å,
= 92.470(5)
, and
Z = 4. The three-dimensional framework is built up from strictly alternating BeO
4 tetrahedra and [HPO
32-]pseudopyramid by sharing vertices. A new type of network containing 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-, 12-membered rings makes upthe inorganic framework. The 1,3-diammonium propane template molecules are located in 8-membered ring windows.The compound was characterized by IR spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma (ICP), and differential thermaland thermogravimetric analyses.