Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, m411-m413  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536806003291 ]

Layered triaqua(phenylselenonato)lithium(I)

A. Machado and R. A. Burrow

Abstract: The title compound, [Li(C₆H₅O₃Se)(H₂O)₃], shows an extensive hydrogen-bonding network in the solid state, forming complex layers parallel to the crystallographic bc plane. The interlayer distance is 11.336 (12) Å. The molecules pack in an alternating up-down fashion in the plane of the layers so that the SeO₃ and Li(H₂O)₃ groups are adjacent, creating a double net of hydrogen bonding between the two groups. Each of the six H atoms of the water molecules forms hydrogen bonds, with five to O atoms of the phenylselenonate and one to the O atom of a neighboring water molecule. The Li cation has a tetrahedral geometry formed by one O atom of the phenylselenonate anion and three water molecules. The Li-O distances are in the range 1.896 (8)-1.921 (9) Å to the water molecules and 1.988 (8) Å to the phenylselenonate.

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