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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 39, Issue 12, Pages 2593-2603Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic991419x
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The influence of the cations on bond length, valence, and torsion angle of S-4(2-) and S-5(2-) anions was examined in a series of solid alkali tetra- and pentasulfides by relating their Raman spectra to their known X-ray structures through a force-field analysis. The IR and Raman spectra of BaS4. H2O and the Raman spectra of (NH4)(2)S-4. nNH(3), gamma-Na2S4, and delta-Na2S5 are presented. The similarity of spectra of gamma-Na2S4 with those of BaS4. H2O suggests similar structures of the S-4(2-) anions in these two compounds with a torsion angle smaller than 90 degrees. The variations of SS bond length, SSS valence angle, and dihedral angle of S-n(2-) anions are related to the polarization of the lone pair and electronic charge of the anion by the electric field of the cations. A correlation between the torsion angle and the SSS valence angle is shown as that previously reported between the length of the bond around which the torsion takes place and the dihedral angle value. These geometry changes are explained by the hyperconjugation concept and the electron lone-pair repulsion.
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