Two piperazine-templated iron phosphates, (C
4H
12N
2)[Fe
4(OH)
2(HPO
4)
5] (
1) and (C
4H
11N
2)
0.5[Fe
3(HPO
4)
2(PO
4)(H
2O)] (
2), have been synthesized under solvothermal conditions andcharacterized by sin
gle-crystal X-ray diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy, and thermo
gravimetric analysis. Compound
1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space
group
C2/
m (no. 12) with
a = 25.706(3),
b = 6.4492(6),
c = 6.3790(6) &Arin
g;,
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V = 1032.0(3) &Arin
g;
3 and
Z = 2.The 3-D framework structure consists of layers of iron phosphate which are pillared throu
ghHPO
4 groups to
generate intersectin
g 8-rin
g channels with piperazinium dications at theintersections of these channels. Each layer contains infinite chains of ed
ge-sharin
g Fe
IIO
6octahedra which are connected to each other via corner-sharin
g Fe
IIIO
6 octahedra and HPO
4groups. Compound
2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space
group
C2/
c (no. 15) with
a =30.8924(4),
b = 6.3733(1),
c = 12.5552(2) &Arin
g;,
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V = 2418.41(7) &Arin
g;
3, and
Z = 8.The compound has a layered structure with piperazinium monocations in the interlayerspace. Each layer consists of a dimer of ed
ge-sharin
g octahedra with the composition Fe
IIFe
IIIO
10 which shares ed
ges with four Fe
IIO
5 tri
gonal bipyramids to form a hexamer as thebuildin
g unit. Each such hexamer is connected to others by corner sharin
g and throu
ghphosphate
groups. Both compounds are mixed-valence as indicated from bond valencecalculations, Mössbauer measurements, and electric field
gradient calculations.