Acta Cryst. (2008). C64, m13-m16 [ doi:10.1107/S0108270107055151 ]
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-aqua-disodium(I) bis(dimethylarsenate) and di--aqua-bis[triaquasodium(I)] bis(dimethylarsenate)Abstract: Crystals from commercial samples of sodium cacodylate trihydrate, NaO2As(CH3)2·3H2O, were analyzed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and two phases were identified, viz. penta--aqua-disodium(I) bis(dimethylarsenate), {[Na2(H2O)5](C2H6AsO2)2}n, (I), and di--aqua-bis[triaquasodium(I)] bis(dimethylarsenate), [Na2(H2O)8](C2H6AsO2)2, (II). Both (I) and (II) form layered structures in which hydrated Na+ ions form layers in the ab plane, the cacodylate ions being located in between the layers. In (I), the two non-equivalent Na+ ions (located at twofold axes) and the three non-equivalent aqua ligands (one of which also lies on a twofold axis) form infinite polymeric layers, but in (II), layers of discrete centrosymmetric [Na2(H2O)8]2+ ions are present. One of the commercial samples analyzed contained almost exclusively crystals of the tetrahydrate (II), while another sample consisted of a mixture of the two phases.
Formula: [Na2(H2O)5](C2H6AsO2)2 and [Na2(H2O)8](C2H6AsO2)2
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