K. Demadis, P. Baran
Dec 1, 2004
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Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Abstract
Abstract Aminomethylene phosphonates are important scale inhibitors applied in diverse areas of technology. This study adds to the existing body of information on this subject and reports the crystal and molecular structures of tetrasodium 2-hydroxyethylamino- bis (methylene-phosphonate) decahydrate ([Na 4 (HOCH 2 CH 2 N(CH 2 PO 3 ) 2 )]·10H 2 O, 1). The crystal structure of 1 could be described as two-dimensional polymeric layered structure hydrogen bonded into a 3D supramolecular polymeric network. The structure of the tetraanion consists of a “three-arm” backbone stemming from the N atom. Two “arms” are deprotonated methylene phosphonate (–CH 2 PO 3 2− ) moieties and the third is a hydroxyethyl (–CH 2 CH 2 OH) moiety. One Na cation forms an intramolecular complex with two oxygens from separate phosphonate groups, a hydroxyl oxygen, the nitrogen and two lattice water molecules. The position of this Na cation points to a possible coordination site for Ca in a proposed Ca–HEABMP complex (HEABMP=2-hydroxyethylamino- bis (methylene-phosphonate).