Tuning the field-induced magnetic transition in a layered cobalt phosphonate by reversible dehydration-hydration process.

A layered cobalt phosphonate, Co(2-pmp)(H(2)O)(2) (1) (2-pmpH(2) = 2-pyridylmethylphosphonic acid) is reported, which provides the first example of metamagnetic cobalt system that shows reversible changes in both structures and magnetic behaviors upon dehydration-hydration process.