Synthesis and structure determination from powder data of the first organically templated tin(IV) phosphate : MIL76 or Sn3IVO2(H2O)(HPO4)4.{H2N–C2H4–NH2}2.5.{H2O}2

The first organically templated tin(IV) phosphate has been isolated and its structure solved from powder X-ray diffraction data; it exhibits a one-dimensional inorganic network built up from chains of trimers of tin(IV) octahedra on which phosphate tetrahedral groups are grafted interacting with water molecules and organic moieties.