β-K(VO2)2(PO4)

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2013 Jan 1;69(Pt 1):i2. doi: 10.1107/S1600536812049884. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Abstract

A new vanadium oxide, potassium bis-(dioxovanad-yl) phosphate, β-K(VO2)2(PO4), has been synthesized by a solid-state reaction. In the title compound, the [V2PO8] framework is built up from infinite pyramidal [V2O8]∞ and [VPO7]∞ chains linked together by V-O-P bridges, leading to a three-dimensional framework which delimits two types of inter-secting tunnels running along [100] and [010] in which the four unique K(+) ions, showing coordination numbers of nine and ten, are located.