Ionothermalsynthesiswasusedtoprepareanovelaminoacidcontaininghybridzincophosphatemonomer,[Zn(HPO4)(H2PO4)][C6H10N3O2](denotedasZnPO-CJ58).Theinorganicframeworkof[Zn(HPO4)(H2PO4)]·[C6H10N3O2]consistsof4-memberedringsformedbyZnO3OHisandPO2(OH)2tetrahedra.TheHPO4andaminoacidmoietieshangontheZncenter.Suchaframeworkisstabilizedbyextensivemultipointhydrogenbondsinvolvingthephosphateunitsandhistidinemoleculestoformapseudo-3Dsupramolecularstructure.ItisnoteworthythatZnPO-CJ58isthefirstzincphosphateclusterwithaminoacidactingastheligand.Itexhibitsphotoluminescenceexcitedatawavelengthof220nm.Interestingly,ZnPO-CJ58cantransformintoalayeredstructure(C6H10N3O2)Zn2·(HPO4)(PO4)·H2O(ZnPO-CJ36)throughfurtherreactingwithwaterorzincacetatedihydrateinwaterat85℃for1h.Thisworkwillbehelpfulforthesynthesisofcrystallineinorganic-organichybridmaterialswithbiofunctionalmolecules.
