Abstract
A series of new rare-earth cadmium metal tellurite chlorides were synthesized by the salt flux technique and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The new compounds CdSm2(TeO3) 2Cl4 (I), CdEu2(TeO3) 2Cl4 (II), and CdGd2(TeO3) 2Cl4 (III), adopt layered structures corresponding to sequences of metal oxide [LnTeO3] and metal halide [Cd 1-xCl3] layers. They expand the known family of 2D rare-earth selenium oxyhalides into the realm of tellurium(IV) compounds and add a new targeted structure type involving rock salt slabs formed by edge-sharing CdCl6 octahedra. The major differences in the structures of Se and Te compounds lie in the composition of the cationic slabs {[Ln 11(SeO3)12]9+ vs. [Ln 12(TeO3)12]12+} and symmetry (orthorhombic for selenites vs. tetragonal for tellurites).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3140-3146 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry |
Issue number | 19 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Crystal engineering
- Lanthanides
- Layered compounds
- Structure elucidation
- Tellurium