The synthesis and crystal structure of a novel layered aluminophosphate and its two high temperature variants are described. All three structures were solved from powder X-ray diffraction data. The as-synthesized material (UiO-15-as), with composition [NH
3 (CH
2 )
2 NH
3 ]
2+ [Al
2 (OH)
2 (PO
4 )
2 (H
2 O)]
2– ·H
2 O, crystallizes in the space group
P1![[> with combining macron]](http://hg.y866.cn/compound/lib/scimg/usr/1/A901407A.jpg)
with
a=10.37490(13),
b=6.60775(8),
c=9.90937(11) Å,
α=90.762(1),
β=115.265(1) and
γ=90.162(1)°. In the aluminophosphate layers the five- and six-coordinated aluminium polyhedra form infinite chains along [010] that are crosslinked by phosphate groups. These layers are held together by a complex hydrogen bonding scheme involving the terminal oxygen atoms of the phosphate groups and the nitrogens of the ethylenediammonium ions. A high temperature variant exists around 125 °C (UiO-15-125). This compound, with composition [NH
3 (CH
2 )
2 NH
3 ]
2+ [Al
2 (OH)
2 (PO
4 )
2 ]
2– , crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2 1 /
c with
a=10.28899(23),
b=6.75080(13),
c=9.62527(20) Å and
β=116.124(1)°. The transformation to UiO-15-125 involves removal of an interlamellar water molecule and another water molecule which is coordinated to aluminium. The infinite chains of aluminium polyhedra along [010] and the hydrogen bonding scheme of UiO-15-as is maintained in UiO-15-125. Another high temperature variant exists around 225 °C (UiO-15-225). This compound, with composition [NH
3 (CH
2 )
2 NH
3 ]
2+ [Al
2 O(PO
4 )
2 ]
2– , crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2 1 /
c with
a=9.42781(37),
b=6.91370(19),
c=9.40823(27) Å and
β=113.002(1)°. The transformation to UiO-15-225 involves the release of a water molecule from UiO-15-125 and the formation of tetrahedral Al-O-Al bonding. UiO-15-225 is therefore the first compound among the aluminophosphates violating Loewensteins rule.