Layered alkali propano-ates M ⁺(C₂H₅COO)^-; M ⁺ = Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Cs.

ABSTRACT: The title alkali propano-ates poly[(μ₅-propano-ato)alkali(I)], M ⁺(C₂H₅COO)^-, with alkali/M ⁺ = Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺ and Cs⁺, show close structural similarity, which is manifested by the coordination of the cations by six oxygen atoms in a chessboard motif, forming a bilayer. This bilayer is situated between hydro-phobic layers composed of dangling ethyl chains from the carboxyl-ate groups. Stacking of these two-dimensional sandwiches, which are parallel to (001), forms the title structures. Each metal cation is coordinated by six O atoms in the form of a distorted trigonal prism. One pair of these oxygen atoms belongs to a bridging, bidentately coordinating carboxyl-ate anio

SUBMITTER: Fabry J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472758 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature