title: Intercalation of cyclic ethers into vanadyl phosphate.
abstract: Two cyclic ethers, tetrahydrofuran (THF) and tetrahydropyran (THP), were intercalated into vanadyl phosphate and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, thermogravimetry, and IR and Raman spectroscopy. Both compounds contain one molecule of ether per formula unit of VOPO(4) and show high thermal stability in comparison with VOPO(4) intercalates with other organic guest molecules. Both ethers are anchored to the VOPO(4) host layers by their oxygen atoms, which are coordinated to the vanadium atoms of the host. The probable arrangement of the tetrahydropyran molecules in the host interlayer space is derived from molecular simulations by the Cerius(2) 4.5 program.
authors.affiliation: Joint Laboratory of Solid State Chemistry University of Pardubice, Studentská 84 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic. vitezslav.zima@upce.cz
authors.forename: Vítezslav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zima
authors.forename: Klára
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Melánová
authors.forename: Ludvík
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benes
authors.forename: Pavla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capková
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trchová
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matejka