Six new zirconogermanates have been prepared under hydrothermal conditions using amines as bases. There arefour new structure types (ASU-
n) with a common motif of ZrGe
5. ASU-23 is a layered structure: ZrGe
3O
8(OH)F·[C
10H
26N
4]·H
2O, space
group
P2
1/n,
a = 6.7957(8) Å,
b = 12.700(1) Å,
c = 24.293(3) Å,
= 97.936(2)
,
V =2076.4(4) Å
3. ASU-24 is a pillared layered structure: Zr
3Ge
6O
18(OH
2,F)
4F
2·[C
6H
18N
2]·[C
6H
17N
2]
2·2H
2O, space
group
P2
1/n,
a = 7.4249(3) Å,
b = 25.198(1) Å,
c = 11.3483(5) Å,
= 90.995(1)
,
V = 2122.9(2) Å
3. This materialhas the lowest framework density (FD) of any oxide material that we are aware of (FD = 8.48 metal atoms/nm
3).Two other materials form three-dimensional open-frameworks, ASU-25: ZrGe
3O
9·[C
3H
12N
2], space
group
P112
1/a,
a = 13.1994(4) Å,
b = 7.6828(2) Å,
c = 11.2373(3) Å,
= 91.
233(3)
,
V = 1139.29(5) Å
3. The other is ASU-26:ZrGe
3O
9·[C
2H
10N
2], space
group
Pn,
a = 13.7611(3) Å,
b = 7.7294(2) Å,
c = 11.
2331(3) Å,
= 104.793(1)
,
V= 1155.21(4) Å
3. ASU-25 is related to the mineral umbite K
2ZrSi
3O
9·H
2O. The germanium equivalent has beenprepared through the inorganic route: K
2ZrGe
3O
9·H
2O, space
group
P2
12
12
1,
a = 13.6432(6) Å,
b = 7.4256(3) Å,
c = 10.3973(4) Å,
V = 1053.33(8) Å
3. The structural relationships between ASU-25 and its inorganic counterpartare described. The thermal decomposition of the germanium umbite generated the cyclic trigermanate K
2ZrGe
3O
9,analogue of the mineral wadeite, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system,
a = 7.076 Å,
b = 12.123 Å,
c = 10.451Å,
V = 904.5 Å
3.