Three new, mixed-valent layered vanadyl phosphates, Ag
0.43VOPO
4·2H
2O (AgVPO), Cu
0.16VOPO
4·2.5H
2O(CuVPO), and Zn
0.11VOPO
4·2.5H
2O (ZnVPO), have been synthesized hydrothermally and their structuresdetermined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction: AgVPO is triclinic, space group
P,
a = 6.287(1),
b = 6.283(1),and
c = 13.240(1) Å,
= 80.98(1),
= 86.58(1) and
= 90.00(1)
,
Z = 4; CuVPO is triclinic, space group
P,
a = 6.260(2),
b = 6.249(3), and
c = 7.257(1) Å,
= 83.62(3),
= 73.99(2), and
= 90.13(4)
,
Z = 2; ZnVPOis triclinic, space group
P,
a = 6.252(1),
b = 6.248(2), and
c = 7.339(3) Å,
= 83.24(4),
= 73.93(2), and
= 90.00(2)
,
Z = 2. The structures are related to that of VOPO
4·2H
2O. Metal powders have been found tobe effective both as reductants and as countercations.