We report on the synthesis of quasi‐1D W5O14 crystals using NiI2 as a growth promoter. Photoelectron spectroscopy revealed the metallic conductivity of the W5O14 nanowires, which was also confirmed by direct‐transport measurements on a double‐stranded nanowire. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron‐diffraction data are correlated with details of crystal growth revealing the possible mechanism of the formation of this rarely synthesized phase, which was reported as a homogeneous phase only in 1978 by McColm et al., and in the meantime has been declared as a compound that is rare.

Two new layered gallophosphate-oxalate materials have been prepared hydrothermally using ethylenediamine and oxalic acid as structure-directing agents. The compounds (C2N2H10)2[Ga2(C2O4)2(HPO4)3].H2O 1 and (C2N2H10)3- [Ga4(C2O4)4(HPO4)4(H2PO4)2] 2 are closely related, consisting of anionic double chains built of alternating paris of GaO6 and HPO4 polyhedra. These double chains are linked via bridging HPO4 or H2PO4 tetrahedra to form corrugated layers containing eight-membered rings. The oxalate group acts as a bidentate ligand to each of the GaO6 octahedron. The corrugated layers are held together by strong to weak hydrogen-bonding interactions between oxalate groups, water and diprotonated ethylenediamine molecules, and the framework components. The compounds were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and infrared and Raman spectroscopy. Crystal data for 1: monoclinic, space group P21/C (No. 14), a = 6.355(1) A, b = 39.362(8) A, c = 9.249(2) A, beta = 106.7(1) degrees, Z = 2. Crystal data for 2: triclinic, space group P1 (No. 2), a = 8.730(1) A, b = 11.575(1) A, c = 11.696(1) A, alpha = 115.12(1) degree, beta = 90.07(1) degree, gamma = 111.23(1) degree, Z = 2.

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