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Chem. Commun., 2003, 1720 - 1721, DOI: 10.1039/b304610a


A novel copper organophosphonate with a pore-like 3D framework and Cu–Cu magnetic ordering

Deyuan Kong, Yang Li, Joseph H. Ross Jr.,Abraham Clearfield


H2O3PCH2NH2+CH2PO3H was hydrothermally reacted with Cu(II) in aqueous solution at a 1 : 1 ratio, forming Cu3[NH2(CH2PO3)2]2( 1). Two kinds of coordination environments exist around the central copper ions: a distorted square planar Cu(1) ion and an octahedral Cu(2) ion. They are bridged with one terminal oxygen atom forming a 3D-coordination framework of layers sharing corners. Novel antiferromagnetic coupling between the two kinds of Cu units was observed at 15 K, followed by ferromagnetic ordering at 9 K.

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