Ein Beitrag über CuPrMo2O8 und CuTbMo2O8

A Contribution on CuPrMo₂O₈ and CuTbMo₂O₈ Single crystals of (I): CuPrMo₂O₈ and (II): CuTbMo₂O₈ were prepared by solid state reactions in closed copper tubes. They crystallize with orthorhombic symmetry, space group D-Pbca, (I): a = 10.4114, b = 9.8917, c = 14.8287 Å, (II): a = 10.2243, b = 9.7385, c = 14.6000, Z = 8. Both compounds are isotypic to CuYMo₂O₈, showing isolated MoO₄ tetrahedra, square antiprismatic coordination of Ln³⁺ and Cu⁺ besides one edge of an O^2? triangle. Calculations of the coulombterm of lattice energy support the oxidation state Cu²⁺ in combination with mixed valences of Mo⁶⁺ and Mo⁵⁺ on the molybdenum point positions.