High-pressure synthesis and structure determination of K6(SeO4)(SeO5), the first potassium orthoselenate(VI)

Denis Orosel; Robert Dinnebier; Martin Jansen

doi:10.1021/ic061548v

High-pressure synthesis and structure determination of K6(SeO4)(SeO5), the first potassium orthoselenate(VI)

Inorg Chem. 2006 Dec 25;45(26):10947-50. doi: 10.1021/ic061548v.

Authors

Denis Orosel¹, Robert Dinnebier, Martin Jansen

Affiliation

¹ Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

PMID: 17173453
DOI: 10.1021/ic061548v

Abstract

We report on the first synthesis of a potassium orthoselenate(VI), K6(SeO4)(SeO5), and the structure determination from synchrotron powder diffraction data. The title compound crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P41212 with a = 8.1259(1) A, c = 17.4953(2) A, V = 1155.21(2) A3, and Z = 4. Selenium displays two different complex anions, tetrahedral SeO42- and trigonal-bipyramidal SeO54-. When the formula is reduced to A3B, the spatial arrangement of the constituting building units can be derived from the Li3Bi type of structure.