文摘
Crystallization of Na2VOP2O7 from its aqueous solution results in formation of a one-dimensional inorganic polymer {Na2VO(H2O)P2O7路7H2O}n (1). When this polymer is dehydrated at elevated temperatures this polymer undergoes a phase transition to form the two-dimensional framework 尾-Na2VOP2O7, which although previously reported had been difficult to access. Exchanging lithium for sodium via ion-exchange chromatography results in formation of a discrete, cyclic, tetramer species, Li8[VOP2O7(H2O)路4H2O]4 (2). Isolation of crystalline 尾-Li2VOP2O7 using a dehydration procedure analogous to the one employed for the sodium derivative was unsuccessful. In contrast, we show that 尾-K2VOP2O7 can be obtained from the amorphous phase K2VOP2O7路nH2O (n = 0鈥?) upon thermal dehydration.