Synthesis and crystal structure of lithium beryllium deuteride Li2BeD4

Boris M Bulychev; Roman V Shpanchenko; Evgeny V Antipov; Denis V Sheptyakov; Svetlana N Bushmeleva; Anatoly M Balagurov

doi:10.1021/ic049267f

Synthesis and crystal structure of lithium beryllium deuteride Li2BeD4

Inorg Chem. 2004 Oct 4;43(20):6371-6. doi: 10.1021/ic049267f.

Authors

Boris M Bulychev¹, Roman V Shpanchenko, Evgeny V Antipov, Denis V Sheptyakov, Svetlana N Bushmeleva, Anatoly M Balagurov

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 15446886
DOI: 10.1021/ic049267f

Abstract

Single-phase ternary deuteride Li(2)BeD(4) was synthesized by a high-pressure high-temperature technique from LiD and BeD(2). The crystal structure of Li(2)BeD(4) was solved from X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c with lattice parameters a = 7.06228(9) A, b = 8.3378(1) A, c = 8.3465(1) A, beta =93.577(1) degrees, and Z = 8. Its structure contains isolated BeD(4) tetrahedra and Li atoms that are located in the structure interstices. Li(2)BeD(4) does not undergo any structural phase transitions at temperatures down to 8 K.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Beryllium / chemistry*
Crystallography, X-Ray
Deuterium* / chemical synthesis
Deuterium* / chemistry
Lithium / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Pressure
Temperature

Substances

Lithium
Deuterium
Beryllium