inorganic compounds
Zn1.86Cd0.14(OH)VO4
aInstitut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Universität Wien-Geozentrum, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, bApplied Mineralogy Unit, Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, Franchet ď Eperey 86, PO Box 390, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, and cLaboratory of Crystallography, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Đušina 7, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
*Correspondence e-mail: tamara.djordjevic@univie.ac.at
The title compound, dizinc cadmium hydroxide tetraoxidovanadate, Zn1.86Cd0.14(OH)VO4, was prepared under low-temperature hydrothermal conditions. It is isostructural with Zn2(OH)VO4 and Cu2(OH)VO4. In the chains of edge-sharing [ZnO6] octahedra are interconnected by VO4 tetrahedra (site symmetries of both V atoms and their coordination polyhedra are .m.) to form a three-dimensional [Zn(OH)VO4]2− framework with channels occupied by Zn and Zn/Cd cations adopting trigonal–bipyramidal and distorted octahedral coordinations, respectively. Zn1.86Cd0.14(OH)VO4 is topologically related to adamite-type phases, and descloizite- and tsumcorite-type structures.
Related literature
For isostructural compounds, see: Wang et al. (1998); Wu et al. (2003). For topologically related structures, see: Nandini & Vidyasagar (1998); Bachmann (1953); Qurashi & Barnes (1964). For structurally related compounds, see: Hawthorne & Faggiani (1979); Tillmanns & Gebert (1973). For bond-valence analysis, see: Brese & O'Keeffe (1991).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2002); cell SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO-SMN (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999); molecular graphics: ATOMS (Dowty, 2000); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
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Single crystals of (Zn1.86Cd0.14)(OH)VO4 were obtained as reaction products from mixtures of Cd(OH)2 (Alfa Products), 2ZnO.2CO3.4H2O (Alfa Products), and V2O5 (Fluka Chemika 94710, 98%). The mixture was transferred into Teflon vessel and filled to approximately 70% of their inner volume with distilled water (pH of the mixture was 6). Finally it was enclosed into stainless steel autoclave. The mixture was heated under heating regime with three steps: the autoclaves were heated from 293.15 to 473.15 K (4 h), held at 473.15 K for 192 h, and finally cooled to room temperature within 175 h. At the end of the reaction the pH of the solvent was 6. The reaction products were filtered and washed thoroughly with distilled water. (Zn1.86Cd0.14)(OH)VO4 crystallized as transparent colourless needle-like crystals (yield ca 65%) and uninvestigated powder (yield ca 35%). All crystals are up to 0.2 mm in length.
Qualitative chemical analyses were performed using a Jeol JSM-6400LV scanning electron microscope (SEM) connected with a LINK energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) unit confirmed the presence of Zn, Cd and V.
Studies of several single crystals of (Zn1.86Cd0.14)(OH)VO4 all revealed orthorhombic
A sample exhibiting sharp reflection spots was chosen for data collection. The was refined starting from the atomic coordinates of Zn2(OH)VO4 (Wang et al., 1998) using standard procedures. The space-group symmetry Pnma was indicated by and intensity statistics, and was confirmed by the structure Substitutional disorder was apparent and the occupancies of Zn22+ and Cd22+ were refined keeping the occupancy sum of Zn2+Cd2 fixed at 2.0 atoms per to satisfy the charge balance. The atomic coordinates and displacement parameters of Zn2 and Cd2 were kept equal. Occupancy of 72.7 and 27.3% for Zn2 and Cd2, respectively, were obtained. Anisotropic displacement parameters were allowed to vary for all non-H atoms. The H atoms were located from difference Fourier map and refined as riding atoms, with restraints on the O—H bond distance of 0.82 (2) Å and Uiso(H) values at 1.2Ueq(O).The phases in A–M–X–O–(H) system often form such family of compounds showing rich structural chemistry with anionic frameworks built from MO6 octahedra and XO4 tetrahedra and An+ ions as counter cations. There are many reports on divalent metal vanadates synthesized by high temperature solid state reactions. However, hydrothermal methods are proved to be effective for the synthesis of new vanadium compounds, including zinc vanadates (Wang et al., 1998 and references therein). To keep the products of hydrothermal synthesis under control is often difficult because of the high sensitivity to the exact reaction conditions. However, hydrothermal syntheses often result in well developed single crystals. Here we report on the new zinc cadmium hydrogen vanadate, (Zn1.86Cd0.14)(OH)VO4. In its
[Zn3O6]n octahedral chains are interconnected by VO4 tetrahedra to form a [Zn3(OH)VO4] framework. The voids are filled by Zn1 and Zn2/Cd2 cations with trigonal bipyramidal and distorted octahedral coordination, respectively. The two distinct V atoms adopt tetrahedral coordination. VO4 tetrahedra are distorted and both have .m. V—O bond lengths are in the ranges of 1.684 (3) to 1.729 (2) Å for V1 and 1.651 (3) to 1.789 (3) Å for V2. The Zn—O bond lengths vary from 1.958 (3) to 2.427 (2) Å. (Zn1.86Cd0.14)(OH)VO4 is isostructural with Zn2(OH)VO4 (Wang et al., 1998) and Cu2(OH)VO4 (Wu et al., 2003) and topologically related to ASbV2O8 (A = K, Rb, Tl or Cs) (Nandini & Vidyasagar, 1998), adamite-type phases (Zn2(XO4)(OH), X5+ = P, As, V) and the minerals descloizite PbZn(VO4)(OH) (Bachmann, 1953; Qurashi & Barnes, 1964; Hawthorne & Faggiani, 1979) and tsumcorite PbZn2(AsO4)2(H2O) (Tillmanns & Gebert, 1973). In descloizite- and adamite-type structures the [ZnV2O9]-type chain is linked to four neighbours by sharing one column of tetrahedra with each neighbour. In the title compound the [Zn3V2O9] chain is linked to three neighbours by sharing two columns tetrahedra with one neighbour and one column with each of the other two neighbours (see Figs. 4 and 5 in Wang et al., 1998). If [ZnV2O9]-type chain shares two columns of tetrahedra with all neighbours, a two-dimensional layer instead of three-dimensional framework are formed. Such case is found in mineral tsumcorite, where [ZnAs2O9] chain is linked by sharing two of AsO4 tetrahedra with each of its two neighbours thus forming a layered structure eighbor and one column with each of the other two neighbours (see Fig. 6 in Wang et al., 1998). Bond-valence summations for all atoms, calculated using the parameters of Brese & O'Keeffe (1991), give 2.00 v.u. (valence units) for Zn1, 2.00 (1.22/0.78) v.u.for Zn2/Cd2, 2.07 v.u. for Zn3, 5.11 v.u. for V1, 4.90 for V2. For O atoms bond-valence summations are 1.94 v.u. (O1), 1.88 v.u. (O2), 1.99 v.u. (O3), 1.94 v.u. (O4), 1.96 v.u. (O5), 1.90 (O6), 1.32 v.u. (O7) and 1.38 v.u. (O8). Taking into account that the O7 and O8 atoms are the single donors of strong hydrogen bonds toward O4 (H2 forms a bifurcated hydrogen bond to two O4 atoms) and O2, respectively, the bond valences are well balanced.For isostructural compounds, see: Wang et al. (1998); Wu et al. (2003). For topologically related compounds, see: Nandini & Vidyasagar (1998); Bachmann (1953); Qurashi & Barnes (1964). For structurally related compounds, see: Hawthorne & Faggiani (1979); Tillmanns & Gebert (1973). For bond-valence analysis, see: Brese & O'Keeffe (1991). [Note added references - please check added text]
Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2002); cell
SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO-SMN (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999); molecular graphics: ATOMS (Dowty, 2000); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).Fig. 1. Polyhedral view of the structure of Zn1.86Cd0.14(OH)VO4 along [010]. | |
Fig. 2. The local coordination of V, Zn and Cd atoms with atomic displacement ellipsoids at 50% probability. |
Zn1.86Cd0.14(OH)VO4 | F(000) = 1010 |
Mr = 535.62 | Dx = 4.470 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pnma | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ac 2n | Cell parameters from 1706 reflections |
a = 14.702 (3) Å | θ = 0.4–32.6° |
b = 6.0511 (12) Å | µ = 14.00 mm−1 |
c = 8.9460 (18) Å | T = 293 K |
V = 795.8 (3) Å3 | Prismatic, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.18 × 0.03 × 0.02 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1566 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1377 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.013 |
φ and ω scans | θmax = 32.6°, θmin = 2.8° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997; Otwinowski et al., 2003) | h = −22→22 |
Tmin = 0.187, Tmax = 0.767 | k = −9→9 |
5550 measured reflections | l = −13→13 |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.025 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.056 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0223P)2 + 1.9948P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.17 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
1566 reflections | Δρmax = 0.79 e Å−3 |
90 parameters | Δρmin = −0.91 e Å−3 |
2 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.00065 (16) |
Zn1.86Cd0.14(OH)VO4 | V = 795.8 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 535.62 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, Pnma | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 14.702 (3) Å | µ = 14.00 mm−1 |
b = 6.0511 (12) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 8.9460 (18) Å | 0.18 × 0.03 × 0.02 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1566 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997; Otwinowski et al., 2003) | 1377 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.187, Tmax = 0.767 | Rint = 0.013 |
5550 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.025 | 2 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.056 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.17 | Δρmax = 0.79 e Å−3 |
1566 reflections | Δρmin = −0.91 e Å−3 |
90 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > 2sigma(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | Occ. (<1) | |
Zn1 | 0.42606 (3) | 0.2500 | 0.41189 (5) | 0.01136 (10) | |
Zn2 | 0.20888 (3) | 0.2500 | 0.34164 (4) | 0.01276 (13) | 0.726 (5) |
Cd2 | 0.20888 (3) | 0.2500 | 0.34164 (4) | 0.01276 (13) | 0.274 (5) |
Zn3 | 0.36089 (2) | −0.00355 (5) | 0.12498 (3) | 0.01342 (9) | |
V1 | 0.42663 (4) | 0.2500 | 0.81152 (7) | 0.00849 (12) | |
V2 | 0.16102 (4) | 0.2500 | −0.02047 (7) | 0.00833 (12) | |
O1 | 0.24703 (19) | 0.2500 | 0.1209 (3) | 0.0133 (5) | |
O2 | 0.4029 (2) | 0.2500 | 0.6273 (3) | 0.0158 (5) | |
O3 | 0.45895 (18) | −0.2500 | 0.1564 (3) | 0.0139 (5) | |
O4 | 0.11984 (14) | −0.0146 (3) | 0.3903 (2) | 0.0162 (4) | |
O5 | 0.56142 (19) | 0.2500 | 0.4353 (3) | 0.0172 (6) | |
O6 | 0.33279 (13) | −0.0120 (3) | 0.37011 (19) | 0.0122 (3) | |
O7 | 0.43897 (17) | 0.2500 | 0.1853 (3) | 0.0101 (5) | |
H1 | 0.4931 | 0.2500 | 0.1629 | 0.012* | |
O8 | 0.22122 (18) | 0.2500 | 0.5759 (3) | 0.0114 (5) | |
H2 | 0.2752 | 0.2500 | 0.5989 | 0.014* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Zn1 | 0.01098 (19) | 0.0146 (2) | 0.00853 (19) | 0.000 | −0.00083 (14) | 0.000 |
Zn2 | 0.0144 (2) | 0.0143 (2) | 0.00956 (19) | 0.000 | 0.00227 (13) | 0.000 |
Cd2 | 0.0144 (2) | 0.0143 (2) | 0.00956 (19) | 0.000 | 0.00227 (13) | 0.000 |
Zn3 | 0.01645 (15) | 0.00951 (14) | 0.01431 (16) | −0.00237 (11) | −0.00186 (10) | −0.00122 (10) |
V1 | 0.0081 (3) | 0.0099 (3) | 0.0074 (2) | 0.000 | 0.00004 (19) | 0.000 |
V2 | 0.0081 (2) | 0.0086 (2) | 0.0084 (3) | 0.000 | −0.00083 (19) | 0.000 |
O1 | 0.0140 (12) | 0.0087 (11) | 0.0172 (13) | 0.000 | −0.0071 (10) | 0.000 |
O2 | 0.0162 (13) | 0.0224 (14) | 0.0088 (12) | 0.000 | −0.0011 (10) | 0.000 |
O3 | 0.0082 (11) | 0.0116 (11) | 0.0220 (13) | 0.000 | −0.0041 (10) | 0.000 |
O4 | 0.0202 (9) | 0.0152 (9) | 0.0131 (9) | −0.0040 (8) | −0.0016 (7) | −0.0030 (7) |
O5 | 0.0124 (12) | 0.0234 (14) | 0.0158 (13) | 0.000 | −0.0033 (10) | 0.000 |
O6 | 0.0146 (8) | 0.0116 (8) | 0.0102 (8) | −0.0010 (7) | 0.0000 (6) | −0.0006 (6) |
O7 | 0.0085 (11) | 0.0098 (11) | 0.0118 (11) | 0.000 | 0.0005 (9) | 0.000 |
O8 | 0.0092 (11) | 0.0088 (11) | 0.0160 (12) | 0.000 | −0.0008 (9) | 0.000 |
Zn1—O2 | 1.957 (3) | Zn3—O4ii | 2.1214 (19) |
Zn1—O5 | 2.001 (3) | Zn3—O6 | 2.2321 (18) |
Zn1—O7 | 2.036 (3) | Zn3—O1 | 2.271 (2) |
Zn1—O6 | 2.1291 (19) | V1—O2 | 1.685 (3) |
Zn1—O6i | 2.1291 (19) | V1—O3iii | 1.706 (3) |
Zn2—O1 | 2.053 (3) | V1—O4iv | 1.7299 (19) |
Zn2—O4 | 2.113 (2) | V1—O4v | 1.730 (2) |
Zn2—O4i | 2.113 (2) | V2—O5vi | 1.650 (3) |
Zn2—O6i | 2.428 (2) | V2—O6ii | 1.7439 (19) |
Zn2—O6 | 2.428 (2) | V2—O6vii | 1.7439 (19) |
Zn3—O8ii | 1.9683 (17) | V2—O1 | 1.788 (3) |
Zn3—O3 | 2.0931 (19) | ||
O2—Zn1—O5 | 94.01 (12) | O8ii—Zn3—O4ii | 84.27 (9) |
O2—Zn1—O7 | 175.32 (12) | O3—Zn3—O4ii | 94.46 (10) |
O5—Zn1—O7 | 90.67 (11) | O8ii—Zn3—O6 | 95.08 (9) |
O2—Zn1—O6 | 93.48 (8) | O3—Zn3—O6 | 88.82 (10) |
O5—Zn1—O6 | 131.22 (5) | O4ii—Zn3—O6 | 176.58 (8) |
O7—Zn1—O6 | 83.41 (7) | O8ii—Zn3—O1 | 93.22 (8) |
O2—Zn1—O6i | 93.48 (8) | O3—Zn3—O1 | 172.38 (10) |
O5—Zn1—O6i | 131.22 (5) | O4ii—Zn3—O1 | 92.72 (9) |
O7—Zn1—O6i | 83.41 (7) | O6—Zn3—O1 | 83.96 (9) |
O6—Zn1—O6i | 96.24 (10) | O2—V1—O3iii | 111.65 (15) |
O1—Zn2—O4 | 111.55 (7) | O2—V1—O4iv | 108.46 (8) |
O1—Zn2—O4i | 111.55 (7) | O3iii—V1—O4iv | 108.71 (9) |
O4—Zn2—O4i | 98.51 (11) | O2—V1—O4v | 108.46 (8) |
O1—Zn2—O6i | 84.03 (7) | O3iii—V1—O4v | 108.71 (9) |
O4—Zn2—O6i | 159.66 (7) | O4iv—V1—O4v | 110.86 (14) |
O4i—Zn2—O6i | 87.05 (7) | O5vi—V2—O6ii | 107.78 (8) |
O1—Zn2—O6 | 84.03 (7) | O5vi—V2—O6vii | 107.78 (8) |
O4—Zn2—O6 | 87.05 (7) | O6ii—V2—O6vii | 111.37 (12) |
O4i—Zn2—O6 | 159.66 (7) | O5vi—V2—O1 | 107.51 (14) |
O6i—Zn2—O6 | 81.51 (9) | O6ii—V2—O1 | 111.10 (8) |
O8ii—Zn3—O3 | 84.98 (8) | O6vii—V2—O1 | 111.10 (8) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+1/2, z; (ii) −x+1/2, −y, z−1/2; (iii) −x+1, −y, −z+1; (iv) −x+1/2, y+1/2, z+1/2; (v) −x+1/2, −y, z+1/2; (vi) x−1/2, y, −z+1/2; (vii) −x+1/2, y+1/2, z−1/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O7—H1···O4viii | 0.89 (2) | 2.45 (2) | 3.176 (3) | 139 (1) |
O7—H1···O4ix | 0.89 (2) | 2.45 (2) | 3.176 (3) | 139 (1) |
O8—H2···O2 | 0.88 (2) | 1.84 (2) | 2.708 (4) | 175 (9) |
Symmetry codes: (viii) x+1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1/2; (ix) x+1/2, y, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | Zn1.86Cd0.14(OH)VO4 |
Mr | 535.62 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pnma |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 14.702 (3), 6.0511 (12), 8.9460 (18) |
V (Å3) | 795.8 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 14.00 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.18 × 0.03 × 0.02 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997; Otwinowski et al., 2003) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.187, 0.767 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 5550, 1566, 1377 |
Rint | 0.013 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.757 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.025, 0.056, 1.17 |
No. of reflections | 1566 |
No. of parameters | 90 |
No. of restraints | 2 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.79, −0.91 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 2002), SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), DENZO-SMN (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999), ATOMS (Dowty, 2000), publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O7—H1···O4i | 0.89 (2) | 2.451 (16) | 3.176 (3) | 139.2 (4) |
O7—H1···O4ii | 0.89 (2) | 2.451 (16) | 3.176 (3) | 139.2 (4) |
O8—H2···O2 | 0.88 (2) | 1.84 (2) | 2.708 (4) | 175 (9) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1/2; (ii) x+1/2, y, −z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) (grant No. T300-N19), the Austrian Science Community (ÖFG) (grant No. MOEL 413) and the Ministry for Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (project Nos. 142030 and 19002).
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The phases in A–M–X–O–(H) system often form such family of compounds showing rich structural chemistry with anionic frameworks built from MO6 octahedra and XO4 tetrahedra and An+ ions as counter cations. There are many reports on divalent metal vanadates synthesized by high temperature solid state reactions. However, hydrothermal methods are proved to be effective for the synthesis of new vanadium compounds, including zinc vanadates (Wang et al., 1998 and references therein). To keep the products of hydrothermal synthesis under control is often difficult because of the high sensitivity to the exact reaction conditions. However, hydrothermal syntheses often result in well developed single crystals. Here we report on the new zinc cadmium hydrogen vanadate, (Zn1.86Cd0.14)(OH)VO4. In its crystal structure [Zn3O6]n octahedral chains are interconnected by VO4 tetrahedra to form a [Zn3(OH)VO4] framework. The voids are filled by Zn1 and Zn2/Cd2 cations with trigonal bipyramidal and distorted octahedral coordination, respectively. The two distinct V atoms adopt tetrahedral coordination. VO4 tetrahedra are distorted and both have site symmetry .m. V—O bond lengths are in the ranges of 1.684 (3) to 1.729 (2) Å for V1 and 1.651 (3) to 1.789 (3) Å for V2. The Zn—O bond lengths vary from 1.958 (3) to 2.427 (2) Å. (Zn1.86Cd0.14)(OH)VO4 is isostructural with Zn2(OH)VO4 (Wang et al., 1998) and Cu2(OH)VO4 (Wu et al., 2003) and topologically related to ASbV2O8 (A = K, Rb, Tl or Cs) (Nandini & Vidyasagar, 1998), adamite-type phases (Zn2(XO4)(OH), X5+ = P, As, V) and the minerals descloizite PbZn(VO4)(OH) (Bachmann, 1953; Qurashi & Barnes, 1964; Hawthorne & Faggiani, 1979) and tsumcorite PbZn2(AsO4)2(H2O) (Tillmanns & Gebert, 1973). In descloizite- and adamite-type structures the [ZnV2O9]-type chain is linked to four neighbours by sharing one column of tetrahedra with each neighbour. In the title compound the [Zn3V2O9] chain is linked to three neighbours by sharing two columns tetrahedra with one neighbour and one column with each of the other two neighbours (see Figs. 4 and 5 in Wang et al., 1998). If [ZnV2O9]-type chain shares two columns of tetrahedra with all neighbours, a two-dimensional layer instead of three-dimensional framework are formed. Such case is found in mineral tsumcorite, where [ZnAs2O9] chain is linked by sharing two of AsO4 tetrahedra with each of its two neighbours thus forming a layered structure eighbor and one column with each of the other two neighbours (see Fig. 6 in Wang et al., 1998). Bond-valence summations for all atoms, calculated using the parameters of Brese & O'Keeffe (1991), give 2.00 v.u. (valence units) for Zn1, 2.00 (1.22/0.78) v.u.for Zn2/Cd2, 2.07 v.u. for Zn3, 5.11 v.u. for V1, 4.90 for V2. For O atoms bond-valence summations are 1.94 v.u. (O1), 1.88 v.u. (O2), 1.99 v.u. (O3), 1.94 v.u. (O4), 1.96 v.u. (O5), 1.90 (O6), 1.32 v.u. (O7) and 1.38 v.u. (O8). Taking into account that the O7 and O8 atoms are the single donors of strong hydrogen bonds toward O4 (H2 forms a bifurcated hydrogen bond to two O4 atoms) and O2, respectively, the bond valences are well balanced.