Abstract
[C17H22N2]3[P6O18][H2O]8., a new organic cyclohexaphosphate, was synthesized as single crystals and grown by solution growth method. The crystal structure of the grown product was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The title material crystallized in the monoclinic system of the C2/c space group. The P6O186− ring anions and some water molecules form layers spreading around (b, c) planes via O-H…O hydrogen bonds. Between these inorganic layers are anchored organic cations, which establish H-bonds to interconnect the different adjacent layers and so contribute to the cohesion of the three dimensional lattice. The organic and inorganic rings adopt a chair conformation with different geometrical characteristics due to their different size and flexibility. The title compound was further characterized by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy.