A. Wiesch et K. Bluhm, AGSR[B7O12] - THE FIRST ANHYDROUS QUATERN ARY SILVER(I)-BORATE WITH FOURFOLD COORDINATED SILVER ION AND A NEW BORATE ANION, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. B, A journal of chemical sciences, 52(2), 1997, pp. 227-230
Single crystals of AgSr[B7O12] were obtained by using a B2O3 flux-tech
nique and Ag2CO3 and SrCO3 as starting materials in a silver ampoule a
t 800 degrees C. X-ray investigations on single crystals led to the sp
ace group C 2/c with a = 664.2(5); b = 1153.6(3); c = 2198.0(6) pm; be
ta = 92,52(3)degrees; Z = 8. Ag+ is fourfold coordinated by oxygen ato
ms and forms distorted AgO4 tetrahedra while Sr2+ has nine nearest nei
ghbours. The compound contains a hitherto unknown two dimensional bera
te anion [B7O12](3-) which contains four trigonal planar BO3 groups an
d three BO4 tetrahedra per unit.