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Title: Syntheses, crystal structures and vibrational spectra of KLn(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}.H{sub 2}O (Ln=La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy)

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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  1. Institut fuer Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet, Albertstrasse 21, D-79104 Freiburg (Germany)

The potassium lanthanide double sulphates KLn(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}.H{sub 2}O (Ln=La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy) were obtained by evaporation of aqueous reaction mixtures of rare earth (III) sulphates and potassium thiocyanate at 298 K. X-ray single-crystal investigations show that KLn(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}.H{sub 2}O (Ln=Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy) crystallise monoclinically (Ln=Sm: P2{sub 1}/c, Z=4, a=10.047(1), b=8.4555(1), c=10.349(1) A, wR2=0.060, R1=0.024, 945 reflections, 125 parameters) while KLa(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}.H{sub 2}O adopts space group P3{sub 2}21 (Z=3, a=7.1490(5), c=13.2439(12) A, wR2=0.038, R1=0.017, 695 reflections, 65 parameters). The coordination environment of the lanthanide ions in KLn(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}.H{sub 2}O is different in the case of the Nd/Sm/Gd and the Eu/Dy compounds, respectively. In the first case the Ln atoms are nine-fold coordinated in contrast to the latter where the Ln ions are eight-fold coordinated by oxygen atoms. The vibrational spectra of KLn(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}.H{sub 2}O and the UV-vis reflection spectra of KEu(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}.H{sub 2}O and KNd(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}.H{sub 2}O are also reported. - Graphical abstract: The lanthanide potassium double sulphates exhibit an unexpected change in the coordination mode by a simple rotation of sulphate tetrahedron 2.

OSTI ID:
21483672
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 183, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2010.07.024; PII: S0022-4596(10)00306-3; Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; ISSN 0022-4596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English