Journal
SOLID STATE SCIENCES
Volume 7, Issue 12, Pages 1517-1521Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2005.08.022
Keywords
static orientational disorder; cluster; niobium; disorder; crystal structure
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The synthesis and crystal structure of Cs3Mn[Nb6Cl9O3(CN)(6)]center dot 0.6H(2)O are described in this work. It crystallizes in the cubic system (space group Fm-3m a = 15.708(5) angstrom) and is characterized by a static orientational disorder of the [Nb6Cl9O3(CN)(6)](5-) cluster units. It results in a Mn{Nb6Cl9O3(CN)(6)}](3-)infinity framework structurally related to that encountered in the well known Prussian Blue family prepared for different hexacyanometallates. The charge of the [Mn{Nb6Cl9O3(CN)(6)}](3-)infinity framework is compensated by cesium cations that are located in the tetrahedral cavities of the c.f.c. lattice of units along with water molecules. We will evidence the features that act in the crystallization of solid state compounds built up from ordered or disordered units as well as the influence of orientational disorder on interatomic distances obtained from single-crystal X-ray diffraction investigations. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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