Die Kristallstruktur des Natriumorthogermanats,Na4GeO4

The crystal structure of the title compound has been determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined toR=0.125. The unit cell is triclinic, space group P, (No. 2),a=5.688(1),b=5.701(1),c=8.583(1) Å, =81.32(1), =71.50(1), =67.95(1)° andZ=2. The structure consists of isolated [GeO₄] tetrahedra linked together by four- and five-coordinate sodium atoms. Na₄GeO₄ is isostructural with Na₄CoO₄ (which has been described to be non-centrosymmetric and for which a centrosymmetric model is presented), K₄GeO₄, K₄SnO₄ and K₄PbO₄.