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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Fe(II)C2H5PO3. H2O has been prepared viaprolonged reaction between iron oxychloride and ethylphosphonic acid inacetone, in a sealed tube. The lamellar structure is very similar to that ofpreviously reported divalent metal phosphonates M(II)(RPO3). H2O (M= Mg, Mn, Ni, Zn). The compound shows sign of 2Dantiferromagnetic correlations above the Néel temperature Tn=24Kand a weak ferromagnetic behavior is observed below TN. We alsoreport on the preparation methods and the crystal structures of two newanhydrous copper phosphonates a-Cu(II)(C2H5PO3), and β-Cu(II)(CH3PO3) which exhibits an original tubularthree-dimensional structure. The reactivity of bulky phosphonic acids isalso described, with the case of Co(II)(t-C4H9PO3).H2O.