The layered zirconium glycine-N,N-dimethylphosphonate (ZGDMP) was prepared and the intercalation behavior of n-alkylmonoamines was investigated. The X-ray diffraction powder patterns demonstrated that the n-alkylmonoamines were taken up in one step and there were no other intermediate phases. The interlayer distance correlated with the number of carbon atoms of the n-alkylmonoamine chains. The n-alkylmonoamines were intercalated into ZGDMP in such a way that the protons of the interlayer -CO2H groups were replaced by the terminal -NH3+ of the protonated n-alkylmonoamines. The intercalated n-alkylmonoamines were released from the lamellar ZGDMP at temperature of 150 to 250 ℃.
