Die Kristallstruktur von AgCu3Cu(AsO4)3 und ihre strukturellen Beziehungen zu AgCo3H2(AsO4)3 bzw. AgZn3H2(AsO4)3

Crystal Structure of AgCu₃Cu(AsO₄)₃ and its Structural Relations to AgCo₃H₂(AsO₄)₃ and AgZn₃H₂ (AsO₄)₃ The compound AgCu₃Cu(AsO₄)₃ was synthesized and investigated by X-rays. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with a = 1 212.7(2), b = 1 249.0(2), c = 727.8(1) pm, β = 117.94(1)°, Z = 4. The structure is closely related to the structures of AgCo₃H₂(AsO₄)₃ and AgZn₃H₂(AsO₄)₃. Only two hydrogen atoms are replaced by an additional copper atom forming a copper coordination square instead of two hydrogen bridges. The remaining copper atoms are sixfold coordinated with the generally observed Jahn-Teller distortion. Whereas in AgCo₃H₂(AsO₄)₃ and AgZn₃H₂(AsO₄)₃ silver has a (4+4) coordination, it is in this compound distinctly eightfold coordinated.