New hybrid organic-zincophosphate frameworks: single-crystal-to-single-crystal structural transformation and remarkable thermal and chemical stabilities

Abstract

This research is the first example of a hybrid metal phosphate that undergoes an SCSC structural transformation and provides a new route for the synthesis of organic–inorganic hybrid materials with high stabilities via the introduction of nitrogen-donor ligands into a metal–phosphate system. The synthesis, structural diversity, and thermal and chemical stabilities are also discussed.