A 3,4-connected beryllium phosphite framework containing 24-ring channels with a very low density

Xiuchao Luo; Daibing Luo; Hongmei Zeng; Maochu Gong; Yaoqiang Chen; Zhien Lin

doi:10.1021/ic2014539

A 3,4-connected beryllium phosphite framework containing 24-ring channels with a very low density

Inorg Chem. 2011 Sep 19;50(18):8697-9. doi: 10.1021/ic2014539. Epub 2011 Aug 12.

Authors

Xiuchao Luo¹, Daibing Luo, Hongmei Zeng, Maochu Gong, Yaoqiang Chen, Zhien Lin

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 21838225
DOI: 10.1021/ic2014539

Abstract

A new three-dimensional open-framework beryllium phosphite with honeycomb-like channels has been prepared under solvothermal conditions. The alternation of a 24-ring window and a 30-ring window along its extra-large channel is unprecedented in open-framework materials. The compound has a very low density of 1.369 g cm(-3) by integrating an extra-large-pore, interrupted 3,4-connected framework and lightweight beryllium metal in its crystalline structure.