Layered alpha-zirconium hydrogenphosphate monohydrate was prepared by direct precipitation, exchanged with n-propylamine and then by chromium aquacomplexes. The solids were characterized by X-ray diffraction, mass spectrometry, infrared and UV-Visible spectroscopy. The results suggest that monomer complexes form extended, hydrogen bonded, sandwiched monolayers in the interlayer space.
layered zirconium phosphate; intercalation; chromium aquacomplexes