Borates are built from the [Bϕ3] planar triangles and the [Bϕ4] tetrahedral groups, where ϕ denotes O or OH. However, the [Bϕ4] groups in some borates are highly distorted to include three normal B-O bonds and one anomalously long B-O bond and, therefore, are best described as the [OBO3] pyramids. Four synthetic borates of the boracite-type structures (Mg3B7O13Br, Cu3B7O13Br, Zn3B7O13Cl, and Mg3B7O13Cl) containing a range of [OBO3] pyramids were investigated by multifield (7.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrystals of manganese(II) dibarium bis-(hydrogenphosphate) bis-(dihydrogenphosphate), MnBa(2)(HPO(4))(2)(H(2)PO(4))(2), were obtained by hydro-thermal synthesis. The title compound is isotypic with its Cd(II) and Ca(II) analogues. The structure is built up of an infinite {[Mn(HPO(4))(2)(H(2)PO(4))(2)](4-)}(n) chain running along [100], which consists of alternate MnO(6) octa-hedra and [PO(4)] tetra-hedra, in which the centrosymmetric MnO(6) octa-hedra share their four equatorial O-atom corners with tetra-hedral [PO(3)(OH)] groups and their two axial apices with tetra-hedral [PO(2)(OH)(2)] groups.
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May 2012
The crystal structure of Ce[B(5)O(8)(OH)(H(2)O)]NO(3)·2H(2)O, cerium(III) aqua-hydroxidoocta-oxidopenta-borate nitrate dihydrate, has been redetermined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. In contrast to the previous determination [Li et al. (2003 ▶).
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February 2012
The crystal structure of the title compound, Ce[B(4)O(6)(OH)(2)]Cl, is built from polyborate sheets parallel to the (001) plane. These sheets stack along the [001] direction and are linked by Ce atoms exhibiting an CeO(8)Cl(2) coordination sphere. O-H⋯O and O-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds additionally stabilize the structural set-up.
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