Orthotelluric Acid as Substitute for Crystal‐Water: Syntheses and Crystal Structure of the Co‐crystallate [Te(OH)6 · 2 Adenine · 4 H2O] and the Disodium Ditellurate(VI) Aggregate {[Te2O2(OH)6(ONa)2]2[NaOH · 12.5 H2O]} |
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Authors: | M. Driess K. Merz R. B. Rowlings |
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Abstract: | ![]() Supramolecular aspects on Te(OH)6 as substitute for crystal‐water in adenine hydrate complexes and the first disodium ditellurate(VI) are reported. The co‐crystallate [Te(OH)6 · 2 adenine · 4 H2O] ( 1 ) has been prepared in 41% yield from the 1 : 1 mixing of Te(OH)6 with the nitrogenous base adenine. The adduct of infinite stacks of adenine molecules, Te(OH)6 and water not only proves that Te(OH)6 mimicks the role of water in the related hydrate adenine · 3 H2O but also shows that the inclusion of Te(OH)6 raises the number of HO–H and N–HO contacts and therefore increases the distance between the adenine rings to 3.31 Å in 1 in comparison to that in adenine trihydrate (3.22 Å). Additionally, the disodium ditellurate(VI) aggregate {[Te2(O)2(OH)6(ONa)2]2 [NaOH · 12.5 H2O]} ( 2 ) resulted from the reaction of 1 with 2 molar equivalents of aqueous NaOH. Dinuclear 2 represents the first X‐ray diffraction characterized example of a sodium tellurate(VI) constructed from [Te2O4(OH)6]2– dianions. |
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Keywords: | Tellurium Orthotelluric acid Hydrogen bonds Crystal structure Water cluster |
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