Using multiethylenemultiamine to direct the crystallization of inorganic frameworksthrough multipoint hydrogen bonds, two new oxovanadium borophosphates, denoted VBP-J1 and VBP-J2, have been synthesized by hydrothermal methods as well as under refluxconditions. Powder X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that VBP-J1 and VBP-J2 are structuralanalogues. Structure determinations show that both VBP-J1, [H
3NC
2H
4NH
2C
2H
4NH
2C
2H
4NH
3]
4H[NH
4(VO)
12{O
3POB(O)
2OPO
3}
6]·14H
2O and VBP-J2, [H
3NC
2H
4NH
2C
2H
4NH
2C
2H
4NH
3]
4H[K(VO)
12{O
3POB(O)
2OPO
3}
6]·16H
2O crystallize in the orthorhombic space group
Pbcawith crystal data:
a = 21.454(11) Å,
b = 16.315(6) Å,
c = 29.651(12) Å,
=
=
= 90
,
V= 10378(8) Å
3,
Z = 4 for VBP-J1 and
a = 21.537(2) Å,
b = 16.2667(13) Å,
c = 29.717(4) Å,
=
=
= 90
,
V = 10410.8(18) Å
3,
Z = 4 for VBP-J2. VBP-J1 and VBP-J2 are constructedby edge-sharing {V
2O
10} binuclear unit and {BP
2O
10} trimer to form interesting 12-memberring crown-shaped clusters with NH
4+ and K
+ cations encapsulated in the clusters. Thering diameters are 5.873 × 5.412 × 5.561 Å for VBP-J1 and 5.758 × 5.421 × 5.236 Å forVBP-J2. An extended network of multiple hydrogen bonds among anions, cations, and watermolecules links the structure in three dimensions.