The crystal structure of a complex cerium(III) molybdate containing a dimolybdate chain,Ce2(MoO4)2(Mo2O7)

Ce₂(MoO₄)₂(Mo₂O₇) crystallizes in the triclinic system with unit cell dimensions (from single-crystal data) a = 11.903(8), b = 7.509(5), c = 7.385(5) Å, α = 94.33(8), β = 97.41(8), γ = 88.56(7)°, and space group $\text{P}\text{1}\text{, z = 2}$. The structure was solved using Patterson (“P1 method”) and Fourier techniques. Of the 8065 unique reflections measured by counter techniques, 6314 with I ≥ 3σ(I) were used in the least-squares refinement of the model to a conventional R of 0.035 (R_w = 0.034). The structure of Ce₂(MoO₄)₂(Mo₂O₇) consists of dimolybdate chains of the K₂Mo₂O₇ and (NH₄)₂Mo₂O₇ type separated by isolated MoO₄ tetrahedra and cerium(III) polyhedra.