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

A rare example of a microporous metal−organic phosphate, [Co12(L)6(μ3-PO4)4(μ3-F)4(μ-H2O)6][NO3]2 (1), is synthesized by the reaction of a [(η5-C5H5)FeII]+-functionalized terephthalate ligand with Co(NO3)2·6H2O 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.