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Synthesis and structural characterisation of transition metal fluoride sulfates
Kayleigh L Marshall1, Qianlong Wang, Hannah S I Sullivan
1Department of Chemistry and Centre in Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. m.t.weller@bath.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Eleven first row transition metal fluoride sulfates synthesised in hydrofluorothermal conditions have been structurally characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction and exhibit a wide variety of structural motifs. The polyionic structures containing Ti, V, Mn and Fe vary from discrete polyhedral units in Na4TiF4(SO4)2 and [N2C10H12] TiF4SO4, through one dimensional chains in (K2FeF3SO4, Li3FeF2(SO4)2·H2O, Li1.87Ti1.13O0.39F1.61(SO4)2, [N2C10H12]TiF2(SO4)2, [N2C6H16]Fe(SO4)2F and [N2C6H16]V(SO4)2F), and to two dimensional layers in ([N2C6H16](2+)Mn2F2(SO4)2, Na2VF3SO4 and Na3CrF2(SO4)2).
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