Die Kristallstruktur von (Al0,5Ga0,5)CuOAsO4 – Kupfer zwischen planarer und geschlossener Koordination

The Crystal Structure of (Al_0,5Ga_0,5)CuOAsO₄ – Copper Intermediate between Planar and Closed Coordination Single crystals of the new oxide arsenate (Al_0.5Ga_0.5)CuOAsO₄ (monoclinic, P2₁/c, a = 734.3(2) pm, b = 1024.79(9) pm, c = 563.4(2) pm, β = 99.93(1)°, Z = 4) were obtained by reaction of Al/As/Cu/Ga-alloys with oxygen. The crystal structure was determined from four-circle diffractometer data (w2R = 0.039 for 1211 F² values and 76 parameters). The structure contains [Cu₂O₆] double squares arranged in slabs perpendicular to the a axis such that a [4 + 1]-coordination of the copper atoms by oxygen atoms results which is intermediate between square-planar and square-pyramidal. Along [100] layers of corner sharing (Al/Ga)O₄ and AsO₄ tetrahedra are alternating with buckled Cu layers.