Synthesis, thermal, spectroscopic and magnetic studies of the Mn(SeO3).2H2O and Fe2(SeO3)3.3H2O selenites.

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc

Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.

Published: March 2008

Mn(SeO(3)).2H(2)O (1) and Fe(2)(SeO(3))(3).3H(2)O (2) have been synthesized by slow evaporation from an aqueous solution in the case of (1) and using mild hydrothermal conditions for (2). The crystal structures of both phases have been refined by the Rietveld method. The compounds crystallize in different spatial groups, the P2(1)/n monoclinic one with parameters a=6.649(1)A, b=6.542(1)A, c=10.890(1)A and beta=103.85(1) degrees being Z=4 for (1) and the R3c trigonal space group with parameters a=9.361(1)A, c=20.276(1)A and Z=6 for (2). The crystal structure of compound (1) consists of a three-dimensional framework formed by MnO(6) octahedra and (SeO(3))(2-) oxoanions with trigonal pyramidal geometry, which gives rise to Mn(2)O(10) dimers of edge-sharing octahedra. The crystal structure of phase (2) can be described as a three-dimensional framework formed by MnO(6) octahedra and (SeO(3))(2-) oxoanions with trigonal pyramidal geometry. In this phase the octahedral entities are linked along the three crystallographic axes through the selenite anions. Diffuse reflectance spectrum and luminescent measurements for (1) indicate the existence of Mn(2+) cations in a slightly distorted octahedral environment. Diffuse reflectance spectrum and Mössbauer spectroscopy, in the paramagnetic region, for (2) show the existence of Fe(3+) cations in slightly distorted octahedral symmetry. ESR spectra of both compounds are isotropic with a g-value of 1.99(1) and 2.00(1), respectively. Magnetic measurements of both phases indicate an antiferromagnetic behavior. For phase (2), both, the ESR and magnetic measurements suggest a spin change from Fe(3+) (S=5/2) to Fe(2+) (S=2) at low temperatures.

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