| Abstract: | The crystal structure of a new high‐pressure modification of cadmium divanadium hexaoxide, CdV2O6, was refined from X‐ray single‐crystal data. It contains zigzag chains of edge‐sharing VO6 octahedra. Octahedra in adjacent chains share corners and form corrugated layers. Octahedrally coordinated Cd atoms, which lie on twofold axes, are situated between the layers. The columbite‐like structure results in a strong distortion of the CdO6 octahedra which may be stabilized only at high pressure. |
