Fragmentation of an infinite ZnO2 square plane into discrete [ZnO2]2- linear units in the oxyselenide Ba2ZnO2Ag2Se2

Sebastian J C Herkelrath; Ian Saratovsky; Joke Hadermann; Simon J Clarke

doi:10.1021/ja8063414

Fragmentation of an infinite ZnO2 square plane into discrete [ZnO2]2- linear units in the oxyselenide Ba2ZnO2Ag2Se2

J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Nov 5;130(44):14426-7. doi: 10.1021/ja8063414. Epub 2008 Oct 8.

Authors

Sebastian J C Herkelrath¹, Ian Saratovsky, Joke Hadermann, Simon J Clarke

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK.

PMID: 18839951
DOI: 10.1021/ja8063414

Abstract

Analysis of single crystal X-ray diffraction, neutron powder diffraction, electron diffraction and Zn-K-edge EXAFS data show that Ba2ZnO2Ag2Se2 contains unusual isolated [ZnO2]2- moieties resulting from fragmentation of a ZnO2 infinite plane placed under tension.