| Abstract: | The crystal structure of tripotassium pentairon hexaphosphate has been determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. The structure contains one Fe atom on a center of symmetry, one K, two Fe and two P atoms on twofold axes, and one Fe, two P and one K atom in general positions. The K3Fe5(PO4)6 structure consists of a complex three‐dimensional framework of corner‐sharing between iron polyhedra, and corner‐ and edge‐sharing between PO4 tetrahedra and iron polyhedra (FeO5 and FeO6). This linkage between iron and phosphorus forms intersecting channels containing the K atoms. |
