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Abstract:
The addition of hexa-fluorido-phosphate salts (ammonium, silver, thallium or potassium) is usually used to precipitate complex cations from aqueous solutions. It has long been known that PF(6) (-) is sensitive towards hydrolysis under acidic conditions [Gebala & Jones (1969 ▶). J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem.31, 771-776; Plakhotnyk et al. (2005 ▶). J. Fluorine Chem.126, 27-31]. During the course of our investigation into coinage metal complexes of diphosphine ligands, we used ammonium hexa-fluorido-phosphate in order to crystallize [Ag(diphos-phine)(2)]PF(6) complexes. From these solutions we always obtained needle-like crystals which turned out to be the title compound, 2NH(4) (+)·HPO(4) (2-). It was received as the hydrolysis product of NH(4)PF(6). The crystals are a new modification of diammonium hydrogen phosphate. In contrast to the previously published polymorph [Khan et al. (1972 ▶). Acta Cryst. B28, 2065-2069], Z' of the title compound is 2. In the new modification of the title compound, there are eight mol-ecules of (NH(4))(2)(HPO(4)) in the unit cell. The structure consists of PO(3)OH and NH(4) tetra-hedra, held together by O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
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