Crystal structure of Cs₂GdNb₆Cl₁₅O₃ in the structural evolution of niobium oxychlorides with octa-hedral Nb₆-cluster units.

ABSTRACT: Cs₂GdNb₆Cl₁₅O₃, dicaesium gadolinium hexa-niobium penta-deca-chloride trioxide, was synthesized by solid-state reactions starting from a stoichiometric mixture of CsCl, Gd₂O₃, Nb, NbCl₅, and Nb₂O₅. The crystal structure is based on octa-hedral Nb₆ cluster units (point group symmetry 3.2) with composition [(Nb₆Clⁱ ₉Oⁱ ₃)Cl^a ₆]^5- where i and a denote inner and outer ligands. Cs₂GdNb₆Cl₁₅O₃ exhibits 14 valence electrons per cluster unit. The cluster units are linked to each other by Cs^I and Gd^III at

SUBMITTER: Silaban S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10626951 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature