The synthesis and
chara
cterization of two novel aluminophosphatematerials, obtainedfrom the same nonaqueous tetraethylene gly
col-
cy
clopentylaminesystem, is reported. Thefirst material,[Al
3P
5O
20H]
5-·5[C
5H
9NH
3+],denoted UT-2, has a 1-D
chain stru
cture with aP:Al ratio of 5:3, rather than 1:1 as found in the aluminophosphateAlPO
4-n mole
cular sieves.The UT-2
chains are hydrogen-bonded together by terminal phosphategroups and organizedinto a layered stru
cture. The se
cond material,[Al
2P
3O
12H]
2-·2[C
5H
9NH
3+],denoted UT-3,has a 2-D layer stru
cture with a P:Al ratio of 3:2. Both materialshave bilayers of
charge-balan
cing
cy
clopentylammonium
cations interdisposed between anioni
caluminophosphatesheets. Variable-temperature in situ PXRD establishes a
cleansolid-state stru
cturaltransformation, at 200
C, of UT-2 to UT-3. The dis
covery ofthis
chain-to-layer
conversionsuggests a new paradigm for the templated assembly of 1-D
chain, 2-Dlayer, and 3-D open-framework aluminophosphates.