Abstract
The art of designing and synthesizing organic molecules has reached very high levels of sophistication, based on a relatively simple set of rules that guide both the invention and synthesis of new compounds. This set of rules is construed as the rational synthetic method of organic chemistry. As material chemists confronted to the task of building new solid structures with tailored chemical properties, we do inevitably need to develop some rational approach and to establish the corresponding set of rules allowing a realistic level of predictive knowledge in the construction of solid scaffolds. These conditions are reasonably accomplished by the use of layered salts of tetravalent transition metals, namely zirconium phosphate (ZrP). The placing of organic molecules between the layers of ZrP is quite straightforward, can easily be controlled and leads to enduring, solid materials where the confinement makes the organic molecules to show new properties at the supramolecular level. The chemistry of metal phosphates/phosphonates will be detailed in relation with the following topics: (i) molecular recognition, (ii) chemically driven porosity changes, (iii) chiral memory and supramolecular chirality, (iv) luminescence signalling, (v) photo-induced electron-transfer processes, (vi) hydrogen storage, (vii) confinement of drugs and (viii) metal uptake.
Keywords
- hybrid-layered materials
- zirconium phosphate
- porous materials
- intercalation reactions
- topotactic exchange
- hydrogen storage
- luminescence signalling
- supramolecular chirality
- molecular confinement
- metal uptake
1. Introduction
Phosphoric acid (PA) is an important industrial acid that is widely used to manufacture a myriad of different industrial products for an extensive range of applications. The exploitation of PA has become global and its utilization to producing innovative chemical structures is a trend that is expanding worldwide as well. Along these lines, in this chapter, we focus on our past and ongoing research devoted to the rational design and construction of
Phosphate-based-layered organic-inorganic materials, especially those built from octahedral corner-sharing zirconium and tetrahedral phosphate, have attracted much attention and aroused increasing interest from the viewpoint of developing novel functional porous materials for many fields of
2. Layered metal (IV) phosphate
The area of chemistry that explores the porous materials has received a great impulse in the past 40 years. In addition to the classic porous materials (e.g. activated charcoal, silica, alumina and zeolites), synthetic materials have been developed with analogous structures to those observed in Nature. An important landmark in this field has been the preparation of synthetic zeolites, which have a significant role as they could be used as catalysts, adsorbents and ion exchangers.
An important effort has been dedicated to the development of other porous materials with analogous three-dimensional (3D) structures. To this effect, the chemistry of metallic phosphates [11] with laminar structure has received a great impulse, because they are very versatile materials whose handling complies with what we have termed rational synthetic method, that is, the development of a set of relatively simple rules that confers sufficient predictive knowledge to the building of crystalline materials. The synthetic rationale elaborated by us through a number of years [12] is modular because it comprises the design and synthesis of appropriate organic molecules in one hand, and on the other their stepwise introduction into the inorganic framework. Common characteristics of this synthetic approach to solid materials based on layered metallic phosphates are as follows: (i) their reactions proceed at low temperatures; (ii) they can be functionalized with either organic or inorganic molecules, by ionic or covalent bonds, which confers them with very specific properties and a broad field of application; (iii) their functionalization is accomplished by means of
Basically, layered structures formed by zirconium phosphate (ZrP) are produced by octahedra-tetrahedra combinations in two main different formats, named α- and γ-phases, where zirconium coordination varies from one to another (Figure 1). In both α- and γ-structures, zirconium coordinates octahedrically to six oxygens of six surrounding phosphates. However, in α-phase, all phosphates (HPO4) are equivalent and they all use three oxygens to bond to zirconium, whereas in the γ-phase phosphates are of two types: PO4 that uses its four oxygens to coordinate to zirconium and H2PO4 that puts into play only two oxygens to do that. Thus, the molecular formulae for α- and γ-ZrP are Zr(HPO4)2⋅H2O and Zr(PO4)(H2PO4)⋅2H2O, respectively [13–15].
A third type of ZrP (hereafter referred as λ-ZrP) structurally related to γ-ZrP can be obtained by coordinating the four oxygen atoms of the PO4 group to four different zirconium atoms and completing the zirconium octahedral structure with one negatively charged monodentate ligand (usually chloride or fluoride ion) and another neutral monodentate ligand (dimethylsulphoxide) [13–15]. The structure of λ-ZrP [ZrPO4Cl(dmso)] is shown in Figure 1.
3. Reactions
3.1. Intercalation
The intercalation properties of zirconium phosphate have been extensively investigated due to their interesting fundamental aspects and possible applications as well, including ion exchange, high-temperature stable organic-inorganic composites, ion conduction, catalysis, and so on [16–18].
It is well known that the intercalation chemistry of α- and γ-ZrP is dominated by the presence in the interlayer region of Brønsted acid OH groups [19]. They are powerful phases for the entrapping and exchanging of organic cations such as primary alkylamines and aminophenyl- and pyridinium-substituted porphyrins among many other examples [8, 9, 19].
We have recently prepared λ-ZrP with Brønsted acid properties, λ-ZrPO4[OOC-(CH2)4-COOH](CH3)2SO (Figure 2), by means of topotactic anion exchange of the chloride ligand in λ-zirconium phosphate [λ-ZrPO4Cl(CH3)2SO] with adipic acid (AA). The so-synthesized λ-(AA)ZrP solid phase has a higher acidic character and a larger gallery height in comparison to the pristine λ-ZrP (1.47 and 1.02 nm, respectively). Therefore, this material is expected to be a suitable host for intercalation of relatively large basic guests [20].
With respect to the intercalation of primary alkylamines into layered ZrP, it has many potential uses and technological applications. Moreover, it constitutes a very powerful synthetic tool to facilitate the insertion of large organic and inorganic radicals inside the interlayer gallery of layered solid materials [21–31]. In this regard, it should be mentioned that the intercalation chemistry of λ-ZrP has not as yet been as well investigated as that of α- and γ-ZrP [21–29].
Recently, primary alkylamines, namely methyl-, ethyl-, butyl- and hexylamine, has been successfully intercalated into λ-ZrP in our laboratory. In this way, λ-type materials with increasing interlayer separation are easily obtained [32].
The experimental data are only compatible with the formation of a double layer of alkylamines in a zig-zag conformation as shown in Figure 3. This behaviour is common to all ZrP phases, the relationship between interlayer distance and amine chain length being linear indicating that the longitudinal axis of the alkyl group should be inclined relative to the average plane of the inorganic layers [32].
The increase of basal spacing suffered by ZrP upon alkylamine intercalation makes it possible for the water molecules to penetrate the interlayer region to solvate the polar groups. The suspension of the resulting amine-intercalated materials in water may be further manipulated to carry out topotactic exchange reactions and insert large organic and inorganic species of different functionality (polar-non-polar, rigid-flexible, chiral-achiral, acid-base, etc.) inside the interlayer galleries of ZrP. Accordingly, new tailored organic-inorganic materials for many scientific applications can be obtained [33, 34].
3.2. Topotactic exchange
The most interesting reaction of γ-ZrP is that in which the acidic surface phosphates are replaced by other phosphorous functions such as phosphonates (Figure 4) [26, 27]. For this reaction to take place at a reasonable rate, the layers of γ-ZrP have to be separated first in a process named exfoliation [22], either by intercalation of an alkylamine of sufficient chain length or by solvation of the inorganic layers in a 1:1 mixture of water-acetone at 80°C. The exchange reaction takes place in a topotactic manner, that is, it occurs without affecting the integrity and rigidity of the inorganic layers.
Mixed organic derivatives of γ-ZrP such as γ-ZrP/phosphonate, γ-ZrP/phosphite and γ-ZrP/phosphinate compounds are possible. Thus, γ-ZrP derivatives can be represented by the formula ZrPO4.O2PRR′.nS, where R and R′ can be H, OH or an organic group and S is the intercalated solvent.
When the topotactic phosphate/phosphonate exchange reactions occur at the same time on the facing surfaces of two adjacent layers by a molecule with two phosphonate groups, pillared γ-ZrP is formed (Figure 4).
Regarding the pillared derivatives of α-ZrP, they are obtained by allowing zirconium fluoro-complexes to decompose in the presence of diphosphonic acids [26, 27].
If the pillars have a suitable height and are sufficiently spaced, microporous materials are thus obtained. Pillars could be either rigid or non-rigid, the latter being the most versatile as the porosity of the materials can be controlled by simple chemical means [35–38]. The outstanding features of these materials come from their ability to combine the properties of both the organic pendant groups with those of the inorganic host [39]. Such an approach can result in the design and development of hybrid organic-inorganic materials with tailor-made properties. These materials can function as molecular sieves of controlled pore size [39], shape-selective catalysts [40, 41], molecular sorbents [42, 43] and stationary phases for chiral molecular recognition [2, 44].
Concerning the relatively unexplored λ-ZrP phase, it is worth mentioning that the chloride and dimethyl sulphoxide ligands of λ-ZrP (
We have recently prepared several new porously dynamic layered-pillared materials (Figure 5) with a general formula of λ-ZrPO4(OH)1-
More recently, a new λ-type-layered-pillared rigid microporous framework based on λ-ZrP and 1,4-biphenyldicarboxylate (bpdc) (Figure 6) has been prepared in our laboratory [46].
4. Design, processing and applications of ZrP-based porous materials
Over the past decades, the chemistry of ZrP structures has been studied intensively [12]. In particular, compounds with organic radicals covalently attached to the inorganic layers of ZrP. These organic-inorganic frameworks are prepared by two main synthetic approaches: (i) thermal decomposition of zirconium fluoro-complex in the presence of phosphonic acids (α-type derivatives) [19, 24, 26, 27, 35], and (ii) post-synthetic modification of the of inorganic surface of γ- or λ-ZrP by means of topotactic ligand exchange reactions with phosphonic acids [5, 19, 24, 26, 27, 47] or carboxylic acids [32, 33, 45], respectively.
It is important to stress out that the post-modification of the inorganic surface of γ- or λ-ZrP is carried out without the destruction of the former framework structure (Figure 4). Therefore, protocols and strategies of rational synthetic design can be easily applied which turn ZrP into a
Considering versatility, the lambda structure is special. As we mentioned earlier, a layer of phosphates sustains the zirconium metals whose apical bonds are bonded to negative and neutral basic species, both pointing to the interlayer space (bottom of Figure 1). In the starting lambda structure, each zirconium is typically bonded to chloride anion and neutral dimethylsulphoxide molecule [48, 49] which, in principle, can be replaced by any organic chemical structure, that is, carboxylates and amines, in a topotactic manner [32–34, 45]. Recently, we have prepared several new soft and rigid phosphate-based λ-type organic-inorganic two-dimensional (2D) and 3D frameworks with
In summary, the chemical properties of the ensuing composites can be tailored by carefully selecting the physical and chemical functionalities of the organic building blocks that will be modified by their confinement between the inorganic layers. We envisage that the only limitation of this entire approach is the imagination and needs of the researcher.
4.1. Variable porosity
The realization that the layers of ZrP phases containing organic derivatives can be considered as a multiple-storey labyrinth immediately hits the idea of molecular recognition. In principle, if one was able to control the level of incorporation of organic molecules within the layers, the resulting material would be porous enough to allow guest molecules to travel between the lamellae and differentially interact with them. One way of achieving this goal is to include crown ethers.
Our seminal paper on the topotactic exchange with various crown ethers [50] of different sizes, containing one or two phosphonate groups, allowed for a higher control of the number of incorporated species, giving rise to highly porous materials. Yet, despite all the interesting structural findings, the true importance of the work is the achievement for the first time ever of multiple, sequential topotactic exchange reactions, namely the further replacement with methylphosphonate of the remaining phosphates from the initial, partial phosphate/crown-ether phosphonate exchange reaction.
Another way of approaching the building of crown-ether-like supramolecular structures is the use of diphosphonates derived from linear polyethylene glycol chains, in order to create pillared materials with polyethylenoxa chains (Figure 7). By simply varying the chain length, the access to a set of different labyrinths with sticky columns of different height and different porosity is made accessible. Further replacement of the remaining phosphates by hypophosphite (H2PO2) led to different sets of materials, named as
Zr(PO4)(H2PO4)0.75-
The unexpected behaviour occurred when these materials were treated in aqueous dispersion with the small base methylamine. Surprisingly enough, the
4.2. Dissymmetry and luminescence signalling
Molecular modelling of the
Dispersions of small amounts in water/acetone of either native
The unexpected findings went a step further. What would happen if the chiral influence was intrinsic to the polyethylenoxa chains? To answer this question, enantiomerically pure diphosphonates were prepared [2] and topotactically exchanged into
In summary, the unexpected chirality behaviour of the accounted materials clearly pointed to the important fact that chiral properties can be created and amplified at the supramolecular level in the solid state and finely tuned by mild reactions in the solid-liquid interface [51–53].
Important research is being directed to the design of molecular systems able to display the strong luminescence of lanthanide metals [53]. To accomplish it with efficiency, two stringent conditions have to be met: (i) a suitable organic chromophore should absorb light and efficiently transfer energy to the metal (
4.3. Gas and vapour storage
Hydrogen storage is attained by
4.4. Building DSSCs
Phosphonate derivatives of the RuII(bpy)3 complex were attached to γ-ZrP and placed side-by-side to different electron acceptors ranging from relatively simple viologens to more elaborated fullerene derivatives [55]. The first important observation was that the phosphorescence emission of the RuII(bpy)3 complex was heavily quenched by the presence of the electron-acceptor species, indicating that the pursued electron transfer took place. More recently, flash photolysis revealed some of these materials to have outstanding properties in that the separation of charges is long lived and the initially thought inert inorganic layer resulted in semiconducting, thus driving the separated electrons and/or holes along the material [56]. Additional results showed that these powders can be arranged as solar cells with promising efficiency [57].
4.5. Molecular confinement of drugs and dyes
Confinement of drugs into molecular matrices might be a good solution to their slow release at particular locations on the body [55]. Preliminary studies show that the erythromycin family antibiotics can intercalate into ZrP phases. The measurement of the interlayer distance versus the stoichiometry of the reactants shows that mono- and bilayers of erythromycin derivatives, as an example, may be enclosed between the inorganic lamellae.
On its part, dyes are an integral part of many technologies. For example, Malachite green (MG) is used in Gram’s stain which is a technique used to classify bacteria. Also, it is used for anti-fungal purposes. However, many dyes are toxic and carcinogenic and have to be handled with special care if serious environmental contamination is to be avoided. Purification of water and air resources that contain even traces of dyes is an important technological challenge and has attracted wide attention. Dye-containing coloured water is of no use but appropriately bleached solutions may still be used for washing, cooling, irrigation and cleaning purposes. Materials able to efficiently entrap dyes are thus quite desirable.
These preliminary results are a good omen regarding the high prospects of using ZrP phases in the uptake of different drugs and dyes like MG or its next-of-kin methyl- and crystal violet. They also show the importance of ZrP and its surfactant composites in the field of intercalation and inclusion chemistry of bioactive organic compounds within layered inorganic and organic-inorganic materials.
4.6. Metal uptake
One measure of water quality is its ‘hardness’ which is defined by its Mg2+ and Ca2+ ion contents. The synthesis and design of materials towards efficiently entrapping Ca2+ are of great industrial importance because hard water, on being heated, precipitates calcium carbonate which clogs boilers and pipes. Moreover, Ca2+ reacts with soap and produces an insoluble product (soap scum). This scum is abrasive and may weaken clothes fibres.
λ-ZrP and its new ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)-functionalized derivative (λ-ZrPH2Y) strongly complexes Ca2+. The results are given in Figure 9 [10].
Metal uptake reached the equilibrium after ca. 24 h, where the maximum Ca2+ uptake is obtained (32.0 and 40.4 mg Ca2+/g λ-phase, respectively), corresponding to ca. 0.8 and 1.0 mmol Ca2+/g λ-phase and % Ca2+ uptake of 60 and 74% (Figure 9B), respectively.
These positive results have stimulated the testing of λ-ZrP-EDTA material for the removal of toxic metals such as Cu2+ and Ni2+ from water. The results are summarized in Figures 10 and 11 [58].
Equilibrium was reached for Cu2+ and Ni2+ after ca. 48 h, where the maximum uptake is obtained (72.0 and 93.5 mg M2+/g λ-ZrPH2Y, respectively). These uptake values correspond to ca. 4.58 and 5.49 mmol M2+/g λ-ZrPH2Y and % M2+ uptake of 58.0 and 76.6 %, respectively. This shows that λ-ZrPH2Y has higher Ni2+ uptake capacity as compared to Cu2+.
These experiments showed that EDTA was successfully incorporated inside the interlayer gallery of λ-ZrP by means of topotactic carboxylate/Cl ligand exchange reaction. The resulting composite phase, λ-ZrPH2Y, exhibited high potential for the extraction of various metal ions from water samples.
5. Conclusion and prospects
Phosphoric acid chemistry has limitless features. In this article, we have gathered a collection of eloquent experimental facts where the primordial phosphoric acid, combined with Zr metal and other chemicals, led to the building of inorganic-organic 2D and 3D structures that can play a crucial role in numerous research areas. The number of rather complex composites that can be figured out from the presented rationale is inexhaustible and only limited by the imagination and chemical needs of the researcher. Moreover, the confinement of organic molecules within the ZrP frameworks would confer them new properties at the supramolecular level and give rise to many surprises driven by the high level of
Acknowledgments
This article has been written within the collaborative research work activities between the research groups of Prof. H. Ahendawi (
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Alhendawi H, Brunet E, Hammouda H, Abu Tuha G, Rodríguez Payán E. To be published.