Neue Verbindungen mit Granatstruktur. IV. Arsenate des Typs {Na3}[M2III](As3)O12

The preparation and thermal behaviour of two garnets of the type {Na₃}[M^III₂]·(As₃)O₁₂ (M^III = Cr, Fe) are described. Both compounds undergo a reversible conversion into a high-temperature phase which, for the case of M^III = Ga, is found as the sole structure type. There is no mixed-crystal formation between {Y₃}[Fe₂](Fe₃)O₁₂ and {Na₃}[Fe₂] · (As₃)O₁₂ Preliminary investigations were performed on the possible mixed-crystal formation between the Ga compound and the Cr and Fe garnet structure, respectively.     

IR-Spektren einiger Doppeloxide des Typs Te3MIVO8

I.R. Spectra of Some Double Oxides of the Type Te₃M^IVO₈ The infrared spectra of the phases Te₃M^IVO₈ (M^IV = Ti, Zr, Hf, Sn), structurally related to fluorite, have been recorded and discussed. It is shown that all the observed have a complex origin, and it is not possible to assign them to definite vibrations of the metal-oxygen polyhedra present in the lattices.     

Hexatellurium Rings in Coordination Polymers and Molecular Clusters: Synthesis and Crystal Structures of [M(Te6)]X3 (M = Rh,Ir; X = Cl,Br, I) and [Ru2(Te6)](TeBr3)4(TeBr2)2

The reaction of an electron‐rich transition metal M (M = Ru, Rh, Ir), tellurium and TeX₄ (X = Cl, Br, I) resulted in black crystals of five ternary coordination polymers with the general composition [M^III(Te₆)]X₃ (M = Rh, Ir) and of the molecular cluster compound [Ru^II₂(Te₆)](Te^IIBr₃)₄(Te^IIBr₂)₂. X‐ray diffraction on single‐crystals revealed that the compounds [M(Te₆)]X₃ crystallize isostructurally in the trigonal space group type R$\bar{3}$ c. In their crystal structures linear, positively charged [M^III(Te₆)] chains form the motif of a hexagonal rod packing. In the chain, each of the formally uncharged Te₆ molecules with chair conformation acts as a bis‐tridentate bridging ligand to two M atoms. The octahedrally coordinated M atoms are spiro atoms in the chain of trans vertices sharing heterocubane fragments. Including the isolated halide ions, which provide charge balance, the entire arrangement resembles a cut‐out of the α‐polonium structure type.In the monoclinic compound Ru₂Te₁₂Br₁₆ (space group P2₁/n), the ruthenium atoms of the hetero‐cubane core of the molecular cluster [Ru₂(Te₆)](TeBr₃)₄(TeBr₂)₂ are saturated by terminal bromidotellurate(II) groups. Again, the Te₆ ring is formally uncharged. With the tellurium atoms acting as electron‐pair donors the 18 electron rule is fulfilled for the M atoms in all compounds.     

Vibrational spectra of tellurates with the garnet structure

The IR and Raman spectra of tellurates Ln₃Te₂Li₃O₁₂ (Ln=Pr…Lu, Y), Ca₃Te₂Zn₃O₁₂ and Na₃Te₂M³⁺₃O₁₂ (M³⁺ = Al, Ga, Fe) with the garnet structure are presented and discussed on the basis of a group theoretical analysis, and of ⁶Li—⁷Li isotopic frequency shifts. The assignment of the high-frequency bands to stretching vibrations of the TeO₆ octahedra is only an approximation whose validity depends on the nature of the tetrahedral cation (Li, Zn or M³⁺) and of the symmetry properties of the vibrations: cationic mass effects play an important role in the antisymmetric, IR-active vibrations, whereas the bonding forces are the determining factor in the totally symmetric, Raman active vibrations. For the Na₃Te₂M³⁺₃O₁₂ garnets, the (TeO₆) internal modes approximation is unacceptable since the stretching frequencies of the TeO₆ and M³⁺O₄ groups are of the same order of magnitude. No detailed assignments are available for the medium-frequency bands: they are due in part to the bending vibrations of the TeO₆ octahedra, but the contribution of the tetrahedral cation Zn²⁺ or M³⁺ to this region of the spectrum remains largely unknown. The translational frequencies of the dodecahedral Ln³⁺ cations have been identified in the low frequency region (below 250 cm⁻¹) by comparison of the frequencies of the Ln and Y garnets.     

Potassium Ion Conductivity in the Cubic Labyrinth of a Piezoelectric,Antiferromagnetic Oxoferrate(III) Tellurate(VI)

Orange-colored crystals of the oxoferrate tellurate K_12+6xFe₆Te_4−xO₂₇ [x=0.222(4)] were synthesized in a potassium hydroxide hydroflux with a molar water–base ratio n(H₂O)/n(KOH) of 1.5 starting from Fe(NO₃)₃ ⋅ 9H₂O, TeO₂ and H₂O₂ at about 200 °C. By using (NH₄)₂TeO₄ instead of TeO₂, a fine powder consisting of microcrystalline spheres of K_12+6xFe₆Te_4−xO₂₇ was obtained. K_12+6xFe₆Te_4−xO₂₇ crystallizes in the acentric cubic space group I 3d. [Fe^IIIO₅] pyramids share their apical atoms in [Fe₂O₉] groups and two of their edges with [Te^VIO₆] octahedra to form an open framework that consists of two loosely connected, but not interpenetrating, chiral networks. The flexibility of the hinged oxometalate network manifests in a piezoelectric response similar to that of LiNbO₃.The potassium cations are mobile in channels that run along the <111> directions and cross in cavities acting as nodes. The ion conductivity of cold-pressed pellets of ball-milled K_12+6xFe₆Te_4−xO₂₇ is 2.3×10⁻⁴ S ⋅ cm⁻¹ at room temperature. Magnetization measurements and neutron diffraction indicate antiferromagnetic coupling in the [Fe₂O₉] groups.     

Synthesis and characterizations of two anhydrous metal borophosphates: M2BP3O12 (M=Fe, In)

Two members of M^III₂BP₃O₁₂ borophosphates, namely Fe₂BP₃O₁₂ and In₂BP₃O₁₂, were synthesized by the solid-state method and characterized by the X-ray single crystal diffraction, the powder diffraction and the electron microscopy. They both crystallize in the hexagonal system, space group P6(3)/m (no. 176) and feature 3D architectures, build up of the M₂O₉ units and B(PO₄)₃ groups via sharing the corners; however, they are not isomorphic for the different crystallographically distinct atomic positions. Optical property measurements of both compounds and magnetic susceptibility measurements of Fe₂BP₃O₁₂ also have been performed. Moreover, in order to gain further insights into the relationship between physical properties and band structure of the M^III₂BP₃O₁₂ borophosphates, theoretical calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) were performed using the total-energy code CASTEP.     

High-temperature X-ray diffraction studies of compounds in the M 2 I O-Ga2O3-TiO2 system

Compounds that are formed in the M ₂ ^I O-Ga₂O₃-TiO₂ system and crystallize in three structural types were prepared by solid-phase reactions. The M ₂ ^I Ga₂Ti₆O₁₆ (M^I = Na, K, Rb, Cs) compounds were prepared for the first time. The thermal expansion coefficients of LiGaTiO₄, Na₂Ga₂Ti₆O₁₆, K₂Ga₂Ti₆O₁₆, Rb₂Ga₂Ti₆O₁₆, and Cs₂Ga₂Ti₆O₁₆ were determined by high-temperature X-ray diffraction. Some tendencies of thermal distortions in M ₂ ^I A ₂ ^III Ti₆O₁₆ and LiA^IIITiO₄ (M^I = Na, K, Rb, Cs; A^III = Al, Cr, Fe, Ga) were disclosed.     

K2[Te4O8(OH)10]: synthesis,crystal structure and thermal behavior

Dipotassium octaoxodecahydroxotetratellurate, K₂[Te₄O₈(OH)₁₀], has been prepared hydrothermally in acidic medium under autogenous pressure. It crystallizes in space group P2₁/c of the monoclinic system with Z=2 in a cell of dimensions a=5.592(1) Å, b=8.283(2) Å, c=16.255(3) Å, and β=99.62(3)°. The outstanding feature of the structure is a tetrameric [Te₄O₈(OH)₁₀]^2– anion built up from edge and corner sharing TeO₆ octahedra. These anions and K⁺ cations are held together by electrostatic interactions and by hydrogen bonds. The compound decomposes in two steps at 350 and 420 °C, corresponding to a water and an oxygen loss, respectively, and affording the mixed valence oxide K₂Te^VI₃Te^IVO₁₂.     

Strukturchemische Verwandtschaft von Kaliumhexahydroxoscandat(III), K3[Sc(OH)6] mit den isotypen Hydroxometallaten Rb3[Sc(OH)6], K3[Cr(OH)6] und Rb3[Cr(OH)6]

Structural Relationship of Potassium Hexahydroxoscandate(III), K₃[Sc(OH)₆] with the Isotypic Hydroxometallates Rb₃[Sc(OH)₆], K₃[Cr(OH)₆], and Rb₃[Cr(OH)₆] Ternary hydroxides M}M^III(OH)₆{ with M^I ? K, Rb and M^III ? Sc, Cr were obtained in the same way as K₃[Cr(OH)₆] [1] from alkali metal amides and d-metal nitrates by a comproportionation reaction of amide and nitrate ions in supercritical ammonia to elementary nitrogen and hydroxide ions at 523 K and 3 ≤ p(NH₃) ≤ 6 kbar within 1 to 3 months. Their structures were determined by single crystal x-ray methods inclusive the positions of the hydrogen atoms. The ratio of size of r(M^I)/r(M^III) is related to the symmetry of these hydroxometallates. Structural relationships between K₃[Sc(OH)₆] and Rb₃[Sc(OH)₆], K₃(Cr(OH)₆], Rb₃[Cr(OH)₆]) and K₄[CdCl₆] [4] are discussed.     

Tetragonale Fluorperowskite AM0,75 ▭ 0,25F3 mit Kationendefizit: K4MnIIMn2IIIF12 und Ba2Cs2Cu3F12

Tetragonal Fluoroperovskites AM_0,75 □ _0,25F₃ Deficient in Cations: K₄Mn^IIM₂^IIIF₁₂ and Ba₂Cs₂Cu₃F₁₂ By heating 2KMnF₃ + K₂MnF₆ and BaF₂, CsF + CuF₂ respectively, the isostructural tetragonal compounds K₄Mn₃F₁₂ (a = 832.2, c = 1643.0 pm) and Ba₂Cs₂Cu₃F₁₂ (a = 854.1, c = 1704.1 pm) were prepared. They crystallize in a cation-deficient perovskite structure exhibiting ordering of octahedral vacancies. Single crystal structures determinations in the space group I4₁/amd, Z = 4, yielded the following average distances within the octahedra, which are Jahn-Teller distorted for Mn^III and Cu^II:Mn^II? F = 208.3 pm, Mn^III? F = 4 × 183.0/2 × 209.7 pm; Cu? F = 190.7/227.1 and 190.6/236.4 pm, respectively. The results are discussed in comparison with related compounds.     

Zur Kenntnis des Verhaltens der Oxidsulfate der Seltenen Erden gegen Chlorwasserstoff. II. Charakterisierung und thermisches Verhalten der Umsetzungsprodukte der Oxidsulfate mit Chlorwasserstoff

The reaction products of the oxide sulphates of rare earths with hydrogen chloride are mixtures of chlorides M^IIICl₃ and chloride-sulphates M^IIICl₃ and chloride-sulphates M^IIIClSO₄. By oxidation of these mixtures, oxide sulphates MO₂SO₄ are formed as final products. Intermediary products are mixtures of M^IIIOCl? M^IIIClSO₄.     

Die ersten oligomeren Anionen bei Fluoro-Litho-Metallaten mit Oktaeder-Sandwich-Motiv: Cs4K{[F3MIIIF3]Li[F3MIIIF3]}, MIII = Ga,Fe [1]

The First Oligomeric Anions of Fluoro-Litho Metallates with Octahedra Sandwich Motive: Cs₄K{[F₃M^IIIF₃]Li[F₃M^IIIF₃]}, M^III = Ga, Fe Colourless single crystals of Cs₄K{Li[Ga₂F₁₂]} ( A ) and Cs₄K{Li[Fe₂F₁₂]} ( B ) have been obtained by solid state reaction from intimate mixtures of the corresponding binary fluorides (Pt-tube, 750°C, 40 d). The trigonal unit cells with ( A ) a = 631,3(1)pm; c = 3059,9(6)pm and ( B ) a = 635,0(1)pm; c = 3089,2(7)pm, respectively (Z = 3, Guinier-Simon data, Cu-Kα₁), are confirmed by single crystal investigations. The compounds crystalize isostructural in the space group R3 m (No. 166). The structures were determined using four-circle diffractometer data (Siemens AED 2) with ( A ) R = 2.95%, 3627 I_o and ( B ) R = 1.86%, 4179 I_o, respectively (SHELX-76), and are characterized by triplets of facesharing octahedra parallel [00.1] with the cation-sequence M^III? Li? M^III, six of which are connected by [KF₆]-octahedra via common corners and each triplet is surrounded by six different [KF₆]-octahedra. The structure is completed by Cs⁺ filling the cavities. The Madelung Part of Lattice Energy (MAPLE), Mean Fictive Ionic Radii (MEFIR) and Effective Coordination Numbers (ECoN) are calculated and compared. The classification as lithometallate could be verified by a new MAPLE concept. The Charge Distribution (CHARDI) was calculated and compared with the results according to ‘bond length-bond strength’.     

Über hexagonale Perowskite mit Kationenfehlstellen. XVI Die rhomboedrischen 12 L-Stapelvarianten Ba3AIIIM□O12 mit MV = Nb,Ta

On Hexagonal Perovskites with Cationic Vacancies. XVI. Rhombohedral 12 L-Stacking Polytypes Ba₃A^IIIM □O₁₂ with M^V = Nb, Ta The white quaternary oxides Ba₃LaM□O₁₂ with M^V = Nb, Ta belong to the group of hexagonal perovskites with cationic vacancies. They crystallize in a rhombohedral 12 L-structure (sequence (hhcc)₃; space group R3 m) with a = 5.75₁ Å; c = 28.1₁ Å (M^V = Nb); a = 5.74₆ Å; c = 28.2₀ Å (Ta) and Z = 3. Signs for the formation of isotypic compounds with A^III = Pr, Nd could be obtained as well.     

Synthesis,structures, IR spectra,and thermal characteristics of compounds of general formula Ba(M<Stack><Subscript>2/3</Subscript><Superscript>III</Superscript></Stack>U<Subscript>1/3</Subscript>)O<Subscript>3</Subscript> (M<Superscript>III</Superscript> = Sc,Y, In,Nd-Lu)

Compounds with the composition Ba(M _2/3 ^III U_1/3)O₃ (M^III = Sc, Y, In, Nd-Lu) were synthesized by high-temperature solid-state reactions. The structures of the compounds were studied by X-ray diffraction analysis, including the high-temperature method, and IR spectroscopy.     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of New Phases in the Cubic M3Te2O6X2 (M = Sr,Ba; X = Cl,Br) Structure Family

Four alkaline earth oxotellurate(IV) halides with common formula M₃Te₂O₆X₂ (M = Sr, Ba; X = Cl, Br) have been prepared as polycrystalline powders and/or in the form of single crystals. All compounds crystallize in the cubic space group Fd$\bar{3}$ m with cell parameters a = 15.9351(4) Å for Sr₃Te₂O₆Cl₂ (single‐crystal X‐ray data), 16.052(5) Å for Sr₃Te₂O₆Br₂ (powder X‐ray data), 16.688(2) Å for Ba₃Te₂O₆Cl₂ (single‐crystal X‐ray data) and 16.8072(3) Å for Ba₃Te₂O₆Br_1.64Cl_0.36 (single‐crystal X‐ray data). The results of the crystal structure analyses reveal a rigid ${3}\atop{{\infty}}$ [M₃Te₂O₆]²⁺ framework which can be described as being composed of regular octahedra of two types of chemically non‐bonded M₆ octahedra that are capped by trigonal pyramidal [TeO₃] anions located above every second face of one of the M₆ octahedra. The halide X^– anions are situated in the voids of the ${3}\atop{{\infty}}$ [M₃Te₂O₆]²⁺ framework. Dependent on the nature of the halogen, the anions show various kinds of occupational disorder which eventually led to a revision of the previous structure model of Ba₃Te₂O₆Cl₂. A comparative discussion with other structures of general formula M₃Ch₂O₆X₂ (M = divalent metal; Ch = Te, Se; X = Cl, Br) is presented.     

Ba3MIIITiMVO9 (MIII = Fe,Ga, Y,Lu; MV = Nb,Ta, Sb) perovskite oxides: Synthesis,structure and dielectric properties

We describe the synthesis, structures and dielectric properties of new perovskite oxides of the formula, Ba₃M^IIITiM^VO₉, for M^III = Fe, Ga, Y, Lu and M^V = Nb, Ta, Sb. While M^V = Nb and Ta oxides adopt disordered/partially ordered 3C perovskite structures where M^III/Ti/M^V metal-oxygen octahedra are corner-connected, the M^V = Sb oxides show a distinct preference for the 6H structure, where Sb^V/Ti^IV metal-oxygen octahedra share a common face forming (Sb,Ti)O₉ dimers that are corner-connected to the M^IIIO₆ octahedra. The preference of antimony oxides (Sb^V:4d¹⁰) for the 6H structure – which arises from a special Sb^V–O chemical bonding that tends to avoid linear Sb–O–Sb linkages unlike Nb^V/Ta^V:d⁰ atoms which prefer ～180° Nb/Ta–O–Nb/Ta linkages – is consistent with the crystal chemistry of M^V–O oxides in general. The dielectric properties reveal a significant difference among M^III members. All the oxides with the 3C structure excepting those with M^III = Fe show a normal low loss dielectric behaviour with ε = 20–60 in the temperature range 50–400 °C; the M^III = Fe members with this structure (M^V = Nb, Ta) display a relaxor-like ferroelectric behaviour with large ε values at frequencies ≤1 MHz (50–500 °C).     

Synthesis and characterization of phosphates in molten systems Cs2O-P2O5-CaO-M2O3 (M—Al, Fe, Cr)

The crystallization of complex phosphates from the melts of Cs₂O-P₂O₅-CaO-M^III₂O₃ (M^III—Al, Fe, Cr) systems have been investigated at fixed value Cs/P molar ratios equal to 0.7, 1.0 and 1.3 and Са/Р=0.2 and Ca/М^III=1. The fields of crystallization of CsCaP₃O₉, β-Ca₂P₂O₇, Cs₂CaP₂O₇, Cs₃CaFe(P₂O₇)₂, Ca₉M^III(PO₄)₇ (M^III—Fe, Cr), Cs_0.63Ca_9.63Fe_0.37(PO₄)₇ and CsCa₁₀(PO₄)₇ were determined. Obtained phosphates were investigated using powder X-ray diffraction and FTIR spectroscopy. Novel whitlockite-related phases CsCa₁₀(PO₄)₇ and Cs_0.63Ca_9.63Fe_0.37(PO₄)₇ have been characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction: space group R3c, a=10.5536(5) and 10.5221(4) Å, с=37.2283(19) and 37.2405(17) Å, respectively.     

A comparison of the transport properties of lithium-stuffed garnets and the conventional phases Li3Ln3Te2O12

The structures of new phases Li₆CaLa₂Sb₂O₁₂ and Li_6.4Ca_1.4La₂Sb₂O₁₂ have been characterised using neutron powder diffraction. Rietveld analyses show that both compounds crystallise in the space group la3?d and contain the lithium cations in a complex arrangement with occupational disorder across oxide tetrahedra and distorted oxide octahedra, with considerable positional disorder in the latter. Variable temperature neutron diffraction experiments on Li_6.4Ca_1.4La₂Sb₂O₁₂ show the structure is largely invariant with only a small variation in the lithium distribution as a function of temperature. Impedance spectroscopy measurements show that the total conductivity of Li₆CaLa₂Sb₂O₁₂ is several orders of magnitude smaller than related lithium-stuffed garnets with σ=10⁻⁷ S cm⁻¹ at 95 °C and an activation energy of 0.82(3) eV. The transport properties of the conventional garnets Li₃Gd₃Te₂O₁₂, Li₃Tb₃Te₂O₁₂, Li₃Er₃Te₂O₁₂ and Li₃Lu₃Te₂O₁₂ have been evaluated and consistently show much lower values of conductivity, σ≤4.4×10⁻⁶ S cm⁻¹ at 285 °C and activation energies in the range 0.77(4)≤E_a/eV≤1.21(3).     

Methoxokomplexe drei-, vier- und fünfwertiger Zentralatome

The complex formation with CH₃O^? of As^III, Sb^III, Ge^IV, Nb^IV, Se^IV, Te^IV, Ti^IV, Sn^IV and Mo^V has been investigated in absolute methanolic solutions containing (CH₃)₄NCl, LiCl, or Lithiumtosylate (μ = 1; 20.0°) by means of pH-titrations. The relations between the stoichiometry of the reactions and the shape of the buffer regions, as well as the concentration-dependance of these buffer regions are discussed.     

Study of the trivalent elements polyphosphates by thermal analysis

Mechanisms of formation of polyphosphates Me^III(PO₃)₃, where M ^III=La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y, Sc, Fe, Ga, Al and Cr has been simulated by thermal analysis technique. Me^III oxides and ammonium dibasic phosphate (NH₄)₂HPO₄ were used as starting materials. For M ^III=La-Lu, Y and Fe three main stages were observed: 1. elimination of water and ammonia leading to the formation of ammonium tripolyphosphate (NH₄)₅P₃O₁₀; 2. reaction of the latter with Me₂^IIIO₃ and formation of acidic polyphosphates Me^IIIH₂P₃O₁₀ or their isomers Me^III(PO₃)₃·H₂O; 3. final loss of water and formation of Me^III(PO₃)₃. For Me ^III=Sc and Ga the second stage is prolonged and the polyphosphates form at higher temperatures. Aluminum and chromium polyphosphates are unstable. It is suggested that thermal behavior of the compounds is determined by Me^III ionic radii.