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Ya-Xi Huang1, Yurii Prots, Rüdiger Kniep
1Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
Abstract:
A novel zinc borophosphate Zn[BPO(4)(OH)(2)] with moganite-type topology (a rare polymorph of silica) has been prepared from a mixture of ZnO, B(2)O(3), and P(2)O(5) by hydrothermal treatment at 443 K. The crystal structure was determined from single-crystal X-ray data (orthorhombic, Pbcn (no. 60), a=915.07(3), b=897.22(3), c=1059.19(3) pm, V=869.62(5)x10(6) pm(3), Z=8, R1=0.028, wR2=0.075). The crystal structure comprises unbranched vierer-single borophosphate chains running along [010] and interconnected via ZnO(2)(OH)(2)-tetrahedra by sharing common vertices. The resulting topology of the three-dimensional tetrahedral framework structure is described by the Schläfli symbol (4(2).6(2).8(2))(4.6(4).8)(2). Although showing Zn in a tetrahedral coordination, the title compound does not belong to the group of zincoborophosphates but is a special case of a borophosphate containing vierer single rings of tetrahedra with the sequence Zn-B-Zn-P.
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