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Maximilian Pfeiffer1, Berthold Stöger1, Matthias Weil2
1TU Wien, X-Ray Centre, Getreidemarkt 9/E057, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
Zinc bis-[catena-arsenate(V)] or catena-poly[zinc-di-μ-arsenato(V)-κ4 O:O], [Zn(AsO3)2] n , is isotypic with the low-temperature modification of Zn(PO3)2. The asymmetric unit comprises one Zn atom situated on a twofold rotation axis and one As and three O atoms in general positions. In the crystal structure, the principal building units, ZnO6 octa-hedra and AsO4 tetra-hedra, are condensed into 1 ∞[ZnO4/2O2/1] zigzag chains and (AsO3)2 polyarsenate chains with a periodicity of two AsO4 tetra-hedra, respectively. The two types of chains extend parallel to [001] and are fused into a compact framework structure. Compared with divalent transition metal arsenates and other arsenates of the formula M IIAs2O6, Zn(AsO3)2 is unique in that arsenic is present exclusively in a tetra-hedral coordination and not in a mixed tetra-hedral/octa-hedral or purely octa-hedral coordination.
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