D. Osterloh et H. Mullerbuschbaum, THE FIRST OXOCUPRATE ARSENATE CONTAINING MIXED-VALENT COPPER - CU(MG2.56CU0.44)CU(ASO(4))(3), Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. B, A journal of chemical sciences, 49(5), 1994, pp. 589-592
Single crystals of Cu(Mg2.56Cu0.44)Cu(AsO4)(3) have been prepared by C
O2-LASER technique and investigated by X-ray diffraction methods. The
light blue crystals show monoclinic symmetry, space group C-2h(6)-C2/c
, a = 11.897, b = 12.855, c = 6.688 Angstrom beta = 113.06 degrees, Z
= 4. The structure type is characterized by AsO4 tetrahedra, dumb-bell
-like coordinated Cu(I), twisted CuO4 square polygons and octahedra st
atistically occupied by Mg/Cu2+.