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Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks
Published on: September 5, 2014
Synthesis and characterization of Cs(5)In(3)As(4) with a structure of two coexisting "polymorphic" forms of different
1University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.
Abstract:
The title compound was made by fusion of a stoichiometric mixture of the pure elements at 500 degrees C. The structure (monoclinic, P2(1)/c, Z = 8, a = 17.037(6), b = 12.253(1), c = 18.105(4) A, beta = 117.24(2) degrees) is made of alternating one- and two-dimensional sections with the same composition of Cs(5)In(3)As(4), and can be considered as two coexisting polymorphic forms of the same compound. The chains and layers in these sections are made of repeating semicubane motifs of [In(3)As(4)](5)(-) that are connected to each other by In-As bonds in the chains, and by both In-As and In-In bonds in the layers. According to magnetic measurement and EHMO calculations, Cs(5)In(3)As(4) is a closed-shell compound that fulfills the Zintl concept.
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