Abstract: | Two New Metatitanates with Five-coordinated Titanium: CsNaTiO3 and RbNaTiO3 1] The new oxides CsNaTiO3 (I) and RbNaTiO3 (II) are obtained by heating well grounded mixtures of the binary oxides in Ni-tubes as colourless platelike crystals. I: CsO0.56, NaO0.48 and TiO2, Cs:Na:Ti = 1.1:1.1:1.0; 600°C, 61 d as well as CsO0.97, NaO0.48 and Ti2O3, Cs:Na:Ti = 1.5:3.0:1.0; 760°C, 27 d. II: RbO0.52, NaO0.48 and TiO2, Rb:Na:Ti = 1.1:1.1:1.0; 750°C, 14 d as well as RbO0.98, NaO0.48 and Ti2O3, Rb:Na:Ti = 1.5:3.1:1.0; 760°C, 27 d. CsNaTiO3 (orthorhombic, Cmcm) is nearly isostructural with KNaTiO3 2]; a = 601.4(1) pm, b = 1 120.3(1) pm, c = 563.4(1) pm (Guinier-Simon-Data, Z = 4). RbNaTiO3 (monoclinic, C2/c) is isostructural with KNaTiO3; a = 590.3(1) pm, b = 1 098.4(1) pm, c = 555.1(0) pm, β = 92.15° (Guinier-Simon-Data, Z = 4). Both structures are determined by using four-circle diffractometer data (CsNaTiO3: Siemens AED2, 2 896Io(hkl), MoKα , R = 2.4%, Rw = 2.3%; RbNaTiO3: Philips PW 1 100, 2 743Io(hkl), AgKα , R = 9.9%, Rw = 8.9%; additional data see text). The Madelung Part of Lattice Energy (MAPLE), Effective Coordination Numbers (ECoN), Mean Fictive Ionic Radii (MEFIR) and the Charge Distribution in Solids are calculated and discussed. |