B. Wedel et al., CONNECTION OF (TEO6)(6) AND (TEO6)(3)(NIO 6)(3) HEXAGONS BY TENIO9 OCTAHEDRA DOUBLE IN PB3NI4.5TE2.5O15, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. B, A journal of chemical sciences, 53(5-6), 1998, pp. 527-531
Single crystals of Pb3Ni4.5Te2.5O15 have been prepared by heating pell
ets of mixtures of PbO, TeO2 and nickel hydroxide carbonate to 730 deg
rees C in air. X-ray investigations led to hexagonal symmetry, space g
roup D-6(6)-P6(3)22, lattice constants a = 10.2589(1), c = 13.554(5),
Z = 4. Typical features of the crystal structure are face sharing TeNi
O9 octahedra doubles and planes of connected (TeO6)(6) and (TeO6)(3)(N
iO6)(3) hexagons. The one-sided coordination of lead by oxygen is comp
lemented by the lone pair of electrons. The lone pair positions are es
timated by calculations of the Coulomb terms of lattice energy.