Crystal Structure of a New Quinternary Oxide: NaTl3Cu4Te2O12

Abstract  

A new quinternary oxide, NaTl₃Cu₄Te₂O₁₂, has been synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The reported material was synthesized by hydrothermal techniques using TlNO₃, CuO, TeO₂, and NaOH as reagents. The material exhibits a two-dimensional layered structure consisting of edge-shared CuO₆ and TeO₆ polyhedra separated by Na⁺ and Tl⁺ cations. NaTl₃Cu₄Te₂O₁₂ crystallizes in space group C2/m with a = 12.9800(17) ?, b = 9.3455(12) ?, c = 5.2335(7) ?, β = 104.276(2)°, V = 615.24(14) ?³, and Z = 2.