A Cubic, 12-Connected, Microporous Metal-Organometallic Phosphate Framework Sustained by Truncated Tetrahedral Nodes

A rare example of a microporous metal-organic phosphate, [Co(12)(L)(6)(mu(3)-PO(4))(4)(mu(3)-F)(4)(mu-H(2)O)(6)][NO(3)](2) (1), is synthesized by the reaction of a [(eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Fe(II)](+)-functionalized terephthalate ligand with Co(NO(3))(2)center dot 6H(2)O and phosphate and fluoride ions generated from the in situ hydrolysis of hexafluorophosphate. 1 is a cubic, 12-connected, face-centered cubic framework sustained by the linear connection of unprecedented, dodecanuclear truncated tetrahedral coordination clusters.