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AVNb3Cl11 (A = K, Rb, Cs, Tl): a series of layered vanadium niobium halides based on triangular Nb3 clusters
Thirumalai Duraisamy1, Abdessadek Lachgar
1Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA.
Abstract:
The first quaternary vanadium niobium compounds containing triangular Nb(3) clusters corresponding to the general formula, AVNb(3)Cl(11) (A = K, Rb, Cs, Tl), have been prepared in sealed quartz tubes from stoichiometric amounts of ACl (A = K, Rb, Cs), or Tl metal, VCl(3), Nb powder, and NbCl(5) heated at 740 degrees C. The compounds crystallize in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (No. 62). The crystal structures of the Rb and Tl members were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. Crystal data: a = 12.771(3) A, b = 6.811(2) A, c = 17.183(3) A, V = 1494.6(1) A(3), and Z = 4 for A = Rb; and a = 12.698(5) A, b = 6.798(3) A, c = 17.145(10) A, V = 1480.0(13) A(3), and Z = 4 for A = Tl. The crystal structure of AVNb(3)Cl(11) consists of triangular Nb(3)Cl(13) clusters (Nb-Nb = 2.826 A) connected to each other via four outer ligands to form infinite chains along the b-axis. The chains are connected by vanadium atoms located in an octahedral environment to form puckered sheets. The A(+) counterions are located between adjacent sheets and coordinate to twelve chlorine ligands in anticubeoctahedral geometry. Electronic structure calculations show bonding orbitals similar to those in Nb(3)Cl(8). Magnetic susceptibility measurements show paramagnetic Curie Weiss behavior.
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