Ionothermal synthesis of the mixed-anion material, Ba3Cl4CO3

Layva-Bailen, P., Vaqueiro, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7545-6262 and Powell, A. (2009) Ionothermal synthesis of the mixed-anion material, Ba3Cl4CO3. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 182 (9). pp. 2333-2337. ISSN 0022-4596 doi: 10.1016/j.jssc.2009.06.019

Abstract/Summary

A low-temperature ionothermal method for the facile synthesis of the halide carbonate, Ba3Cl4CO3, in single-crystalline form has been developed. This has enabled the first determination of the crystal structure of this material to be carried out. Analysis of single-crystal X-ray diffraction data indicates that barium chloride carbonate crystallises in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (Z=4), with a=8.4074(11), b=9.5886(12), c=12.4833(15) Å (Rw=0.0392). It exhibits a complex structure in which a three-dimensional network is formed from cross-linking of chains of anion-centred octahedra that share faces.