ChemInform Abstract: Hexaamidostannates(IV) of the Alkali Metals Potassium, Rubidium and Caesium, M2(Sn(NH2)6) (M: K, Rb, Cs), Synthesis and Crystal Structures.

ChemInform ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (52) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
F. FLACKE ◽  
H. JACOBS
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Alkali Metals

scholarly journals Spotlight on Alkali Metals: The Structural Chemistry of Alkali Metal Thallides

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1013
Author(s):  
Stefanie Gärtner
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Alkali Metals ◽  
Valence Electron ◽  
Oxidation States ◽  
Valence Electron Concentration ◽  
Base Metals ◽  
Charge Balancing

Alkali metal thallides go back to the investigative works of Eduard Zintl about base metals in negative oxidation states. In 1932, he described the crystal structure of NaTl as the first representative for this class of compounds. Since then, a bunch of versatile crystal structures has been reported for thallium as electronegative element in intermetallic solid state compounds. For combinations of thallium with alkali metals as electropositive counterparts, a broad range of different unique structure types has been observed. Interestingly, various thallium substructures at the same or very similar valence electron concentration (VEC) are obtained. This in return emphasizes that the role of the alkali metals on structure formation goes far beyond ancillary filling atoms, which are present only due to charge balancing reasons. In this review, the alkali metals are in focus and the local surroundings of the latter are discussed in terms of their crystallographic sites in the corresponding crystal structures.

Die neuen Oxoarsenate(III) AAsO2 (A = Na, K, Rb) und Cs3As5O9. Darstellung, Kristallstrukturen und Raman-Spektren / The New Oxoarsenates(III) AAsO2 (A = Na, K, Rb) and Cs3As5O9. Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Raman Spectra

2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 620-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Emmerling ◽  
Caroline Röhr
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Metal Content ◽  
Alkali Metals ◽  
Alkaline Metal ◽  
Tetrahedral Coordination ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Orthorhombic Space Group ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Metal Arsenates

The new alkaline metal arsenates(III) were synthesized at a temperature of 500 °C via reaction of stoichiometric mixtures of the elemental alkali metals A and As2O3. In the crystal structures of the four title compounds, which have been determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction, the As(III) atoms are in ψ-tetrahedral coordination by oxygen exclusively. In NaAsO2 (orthorhombic, space group Pbcm, a = 1429.6(9), b = 677.3(3), c = 509.1(2) pm, Z = 8) and the compounds AAsO2 (A = K/Rb, orthorhombic, space group Pbcm, a = 715.1(2)/729.7(5), b =748.0(1)/775.2(5), c = 539.20(17)/541.1(3) pm, Z = 4) the AsO3 ψ-tetrahedra are condensed to form zig-zag chains [AsOO2/2]−. In the Cs phase Cs3As5O9 with a lower alkaline metal content (trigonal, space group P31m, a = 845.5(3), c = 602.6(2) pm, Z = 1) the two crystallographically independent ψ-tetrahedra AsO3/2 and AsOO2/2 are connected in a 2:3 ratio to give polar sheets [As5O9]3−.

Die neuen Oxobismutate(III) Cs6Bi4O9, K9Bi5O13 und A2Bi4O7 (A = Rb, Cs) / The New Oxobismutates(III) Cs6Bi4O9, K9Bi5O13 and A2Bi4O7 (A = Rb, Cs)

2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 1090-1100
Author(s):  
Franziska Emmerling ◽  
Caroline Röhr
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Alkali Metals ◽  
Mixed Valence ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Trigonal Bipyramidal ◽  
Mixed Valence Compound

AbstractThe title compounds were synthesized at a temperature of 700 °C via oxidation of elemental Bi with the hyperoxides AO2 or via reaction of the elemental alkali metals A with Bi2O3. Their crystal structures have been determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction. They are dominated by two possible surroundings of Bi by O, the ψ-trigonal-bipyramidal three (B) and the ψ-tetrahedral four (T) coordination. Cs6Bi4O9 (triclinic, spacegroup P1̄, a = 813.82(12), b = 991.60(14), c = 1213.83(18) pm, α = 103.658(2), β = 93.694(3), γ = 91.662(3)°, Z = 2) contains centrosymmetric chain segmentes [Bi8O18]12- with six three- (T) and two four-coordinated (B) Bi(III) centers. K9Bi5O13 (monoclinic, spacegroup P21/c, a = 1510.98(14), b = 567.59(5), c = 2685.6(2) pm, β = 111.190(2)°, Z = 4) is a mixed valence compound with isolated [BivO4]3- tetrahedra and chains [BiIII4O9]6- of two T and two B coordinated Bi. In the compounds A2Bi4O7 (A = Rb/Cs: monoclinic, C2/c, a = 2037.0(3) / 2130.6(12), b = 1285.5(2) / 1301.9(7), c = 1566.6(2) / 1605.6(9) pm, β = 94.783(3) / 95.725(9)°, Z = 8) ribbons [Bi4O6O2/2]2- are formed, which are condensed to form a three-dimensional framework.

On the charge transfer between conventional cations: the structures of ternary oxides and chalcogenides of alkali metals

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-377
Author(s):  
Angel Vegas
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Alkali Metals ◽  
Group 14 ◽  
Zintl Phases ◽  
Partial Structures ◽  
Alkali Atoms ◽  
Group 14 Elements ◽  
Ternary Oxides

The structures of ternary oxides and chalcogenides of alkali metals are dissected in light of the extended Zintl–Klemm concept. This model, which has been successfully extended to other compounds different to the Zintl phases, assumes that crystal structures can be better understood if the cation substructures are contemplated as Zintl polyanions. This implies the occurrence of charge transfer between cations, even if they are of the same kind. In this article, the charge transfer between cations is even more illustrative because the two alkali atoms have different electronegativity, so that the less electropositive alkali metal and the O/S atom always form skeletons characteristic of the group 14 elements. Thus, partial structures of the zincblende-, wurtzite-, PbO- and SrAl2-type are found in the oxides/sulfides. In this work, such an interpretation of the structures remains at a topological level. The analysis also shows that this interpretation is complementary to the model developed by Andersson and Hyde which contemplates the structures as the intergrowth of structural slabs of more simple compounds.

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