inorganic compounds
K3Al2As3O12
aInstitute for Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Division of Structural Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/164-SC, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
*Correspondence e-mail: mweil@mail.zserv.tuwien.ac.at
Single crystals of K3Al2As3O12, tripotassium dialuminotriarsenate(V), were obtained unintentionally by the reaction of KAsO3 with a corundum crucible at 973 K. The contains three K, two Al, three As and 12 O atoms. The structure of the title compound is isotypic with those of other K3M′2X3O12 (M′ = Al, Ga; X = P, As) structures and is made up of a three-dimensional network of corner-sharing [AlO4] and [AsO4] tetrahedra. The three K+ cations are located in channels running along the [100], [001], [101] and [10] directions, exhibiting different coordination numbers of 9, 8 and 6, respectively. All corresponding [KOx] polyhedra are considerably distorted.
Related literature
For a recent review on NASICON-type materials, see: Anantharamulu et al. (2011). For isotypic K3M′2X3O12 structures, see: Beaurain et al. (2008) and Yakubovich et al. (2008) for K3Ga2P3O12; Boughzala et al. (1997) for the K3Al2(As1.92P1.08)O12; Devi & Vidyasagar (2000) for K3Al2P3O12. For the isopointal structure of Tl3Al2P3O12, see: Devi & Vidyasagar (2000). For background to the bond-valence method, see: Brown & Altermatt (1985).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008); cell SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2008); data reduction: SAINT-Plus; method used to solve structure: coordinates taken from an isotypic structure; program(s) used to refine structure: JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006); molecular graphics: ATOMS (Dowty, 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536812000438/gw2112sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812000438/gw2112Isup2.hkl
K2CO3 and H3AsO4 were obtained commercially and used without purification. 10 g 80%wt H3AsO4 were titrated against an aqueous K2CO3 solution using methyl red as indicator. The water was evaporated and the residue recrystallized from water to obtain KH2AsO4. This solid was then heated in a corundum crucible at 973 K, cooled to 633 K over 24 h and quenched. Few colourless crystals of the title compound were isolated from the reaction mixture.
The first
cycle was performed using the published atomic coordinates of K3Al2As1.92P1.08O12 (Boughzala et al., 1997) as starting parameters.Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008); cell
SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2008); data reduction: SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2008); program(s) used to solve structure: coordinates taken from an isotypic structure; program(s) used to refine structure: JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006); molecular graphics: ATOMS (Dowty, 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).K3Al2As3O12 | F(000) = 1112 |
Mr = 588 | Dx = 2.939 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pna21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2c -2n | Cell parameters from 54411 reflections |
a = 8.7943 (2) Å | θ = 3.3–44.8° |
b = 17.4400 (2) Å | µ = 8.63 mm−1 |
c = 8.6610 (3) Å | T = 100 K |
V = 1328.36 (6) Å3 | Plate, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.10 × 0.06 × 0.01 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 9623 independent reflections |
Radiation source: X-ray tube | 8606 reflections with I > 3σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.038 |
ω and ϕ scans | θmax = 45.1°, θmin = 2.6° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008) | h = −17→17 |
Tmin = 0.49, Tmax = 0.92 | k = −34→34 |
52293 measured reflections | l = −15→17 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: isomorphous structure methods |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.018 | Weighting scheme based on measured s.u.'s w = 1/(σ2(I) + 0.0004I2) |
wR(F2) = 0.039 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.003 |
S = 0.80 | Δρmax = 0.33 e Å−3 |
9623 reflections | Δρmin = −0.31 e Å−3 |
181 parameters | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 3882 Friedel pairs |
0 restraints | Absolute structure parameter: 0.008 (3) |
1 constraint |
K3Al2As3O12 | V = 1328.36 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 588 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, Pna21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 8.7943 (2) Å | µ = 8.63 mm−1 |
b = 17.4400 (2) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 8.6610 (3) Å | 0.10 × 0.06 × 0.01 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 9623 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008) | 8606 reflections with I > 3σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.49, Tmax = 0.92 | Rint = 0.038 |
52293 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.018 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.039 | Δρmax = 0.33 e Å−3 |
S = 0.80 | Δρmin = −0.31 e Å−3 |
9623 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 3882 Friedel pairs |
181 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.008 (3) |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
As1 | 0.156896 (11) | 0.215743 (6) | 0.0009 | 0.004155 (18) | |
As2 | 0.293241 (12) | 0.313601 (6) | 0.511929 (16) | 0.004909 (19) | |
As3 | 0.236068 (12) | 0.502941 (6) | 0.085202 (18) | 0.005355 (19) | |
K1 | 0.01017 (3) | 0.402188 (14) | 0.84037 (3) | 0.00837 (4) | |
K2 | 0.95033 (3) | 0.354962 (14) | 0.30906 (3) | 0.00818 (4) | |
K3 | 0.68161 (3) | 0.488891 (15) | 0.11580 (3) | 0.01179 (5) | |
Al1 | 0.34851 (4) | 0.34012 (2) | 0.14668 (4) | 0.00492 (7) | |
Al2 | 0.13204 (4) | 0.16767 (2) | 0.65562 (4) | 0.00520 (7) | |
O1 | 0.29089 (10) | 0.15184 (5) | 0.03110 (9) | 0.00824 (17) | |
O2 | 0.02014 (10) | 0.20900 (5) | 0.13689 (9) | 0.00746 (16) | |
O3 | 0.21755 (9) | 0.30785 (4) | 0.00781 (10) | 0.00643 (14) | |
O4 | 0.06929 (10) | 0.20939 (5) | 0.82779 (9) | 0.00730 (16) | |
O5 | 0.17013 (13) | 0.37287 (6) | 0.58794 (12) | 0.0139 (2) | |
O6 | 0.47459 (12) | 0.34183 (7) | 0.53518 (11) | 0.0168 (2) | |
O7 | 0.27956 (11) | 0.22138 (5) | 0.57055 (11) | 0.01044 (18) | |
O8 | 0.26654 (10) | 0.30933 (6) | 0.31927 (9) | 0.00936 (18) | |
O9 | 0.07409 (11) | 0.46866 (6) | 0.15273 (11) | 0.01076 (18) | |
O10 | 0.29028 (11) | 0.57855 (5) | 0.19818 (10) | 0.00894 (17) | |
O11 | 0.23407 (11) | 0.52699 (6) | 0.90078 (10) | 0.01074 (19) | |
O12 | 0.37999 (10) | 0.43772 (5) | 0.12022 (10) | 0.00883 (16) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
As1 | 0.00437 (3) | 0.00356 (3) | 0.00453 (3) | 0.00007 (3) | −0.00035 (3) | −0.00027 (3) |
As2 | 0.00554 (3) | 0.00472 (4) | 0.00447 (3) | −0.00042 (3) | 0.00028 (3) | 0.00036 (3) |
As3 | 0.00642 (4) | 0.00336 (3) | 0.00628 (3) | −0.00018 (3) | −0.00018 (3) | −0.00019 (3) |
K1 | 0.00698 (7) | 0.01015 (8) | 0.00797 (6) | −0.00039 (6) | 0.00040 (5) | 0.00102 (6) |
K2 | 0.00765 (8) | 0.00734 (8) | 0.00955 (7) | 0.00014 (6) | 0.00017 (6) | 0.00078 (6) |
K3 | 0.01516 (10) | 0.00792 (9) | 0.01230 (8) | −0.00147 (7) | −0.00295 (7) | −0.00020 (6) |
Al1 | 0.00487 (12) | 0.00439 (12) | 0.00550 (10) | −0.00023 (9) | −0.00019 (9) | −0.00024 (9) |
Al2 | 0.00592 (12) | 0.00438 (12) | 0.00532 (10) | 0.00071 (10) | −0.00068 (9) | −0.00031 (9) |
O1 | 0.0078 (3) | 0.0069 (3) | 0.0101 (3) | 0.0029 (2) | −0.0011 (2) | −0.0004 (2) |
O2 | 0.0062 (3) | 0.0094 (3) | 0.0067 (2) | −0.0020 (2) | 0.0017 (2) | −0.0006 (2) |
O3 | 0.0075 (2) | 0.0046 (2) | 0.0072 (2) | −0.0014 (2) | −0.0019 (2) | 0.0005 (2) |
O4 | 0.0078 (3) | 0.0089 (3) | 0.0052 (2) | 0.0016 (2) | −0.0019 (2) | −0.0019 (2) |
O5 | 0.0193 (4) | 0.0088 (3) | 0.0138 (3) | 0.0037 (3) | 0.0083 (3) | −0.0016 (3) |
O6 | 0.0101 (3) | 0.0274 (5) | 0.0130 (3) | −0.0102 (3) | −0.0069 (3) | 0.0108 (3) |
O7 | 0.0121 (3) | 0.0056 (3) | 0.0136 (3) | 0.0006 (2) | 0.0041 (2) | 0.0026 (2) |
O8 | 0.0094 (3) | 0.0144 (4) | 0.0043 (2) | −0.0031 (3) | −0.0001 (2) | 0.0002 (2) |
O9 | 0.0084 (3) | 0.0083 (3) | 0.0155 (3) | −0.0023 (2) | 0.0031 (2) | 0.0001 (3) |
O10 | 0.0131 (3) | 0.0043 (3) | 0.0094 (3) | −0.0018 (2) | 0.0003 (2) | −0.0010 (2) |
O11 | 0.0138 (3) | 0.0121 (4) | 0.0063 (3) | 0.0010 (3) | −0.0004 (2) | 0.0016 (2) |
O12 | 0.0085 (3) | 0.0044 (3) | 0.0136 (3) | 0.0006 (2) | −0.0019 (2) | 0.0002 (2) |
K1—O1i | 2.7084 (9) | Al1—O8 | 1.7443 (9) |
K1—O3ii | 2.8524 (8) | Al1—O12 | 1.7396 (9) |
K1—O5 | 2.6496 (11) | Al2—O4 | 1.7485 (9) |
K1—O9ii | 2.9964 (10) | Al2—O6vii | 1.7415 (11) |
K1—O9iii | 2.8747 (10) | Al2—O7 | 1.7616 (10) |
K1—O10iii | 2.9344 (10) | Al2—O10viii | 1.7373 (10) |
K1—O11 | 2.9814 (10) | As1—O1 | 1.6429 (9) |
K2—O1iv | 2.7885 (9) | As1—O2 | 1.6875 (8) |
K2—O2v | 3.0134 (9) | As1—O3 | 1.6936 (8) |
K2—O7iv | 3.0260 (10) | As1—O4ix | 1.6893 (8) |
K2—O8v | 2.8939 (10) | As2—O5 | 1.6352 (10) |
K2—O9v | 2.6362 (10) | As2—O6 | 1.6812 (11) |
K2—O11vi | 2.7384 (10) | As2—O7 | 1.6909 (9) |
K3—O1iv | 2.7360 (9) | As2—O8 | 1.6867 (8) |
K3—O5vi | 2.7515 (10) | As3—O9 | 1.6519 (9) |
K3—O11vi | 2.5921 (9) | As3—O10 | 1.7098 (9) |
K3—O12 | 2.7989 (10) | As3—O11ix | 1.6515 (9) |
Al1—O2iv | 1.7376 (9) | As3—O12 | 1.7285 (9) |
Al1—O3 | 1.7578 (9) | ||
O1i—K1—O3ii | 86.82 (3) | O1iv—K3—O5vi | 126.59 (3) |
O1i—K1—O5 | 144.51 (3) | O1iv—K3—O11vi | 93.38 (3) |
O1i—K1—O9ii | 73.59 (3) | O1iv—K3—O12 | 92.90 (3) |
O1i—K1—O9iii | 115.72 (3) | O5vi—K3—O11vi | 92.38 (3) |
O1i—K1—O10iii | 69.80 (3) | O5vi—K3—O12 | 136.86 (3) |
O1i—K1—O11 | 128.11 (3) | O11vi—K3—O12 | 102.95 (3) |
O3ii—K1—O5 | 88.21 (3) | O2iv—Al1—O3 | 112.21 (4) |
O3ii—K1—O9ii | 69.16 (3) | O2iv—Al1—O8 | 104.42 (4) |
O3ii—K1—O9iii | 154.71 (3) | O2iv—Al1—O12 | 109.74 (5) |
O3ii—K1—O10iii | 148.77 (2) | O3—Al1—O8 | 102.53 (4) |
O3ii—K1—O11 | 84.81 (2) | O3—Al1—O12 | 109.11 (4) |
O5—K1—O9ii | 136.06 (3) | O8—Al1—O12 | 118.68 (5) |
O5—K1—O9iii | 79.72 (3) | O4—Al2—O6vii | 107.43 (5) |
O5—K1—O10iii | 98.85 (3) | O4—Al2—O7 | 111.59 (4) |
O5—K1—O11 | 86.28 (3) | O4—Al2—O10viii | 108.39 (4) |
O9ii—K1—O9iii | 104.81 (3) | O6vii—Al2—O7 | 112.68 (5) |
O9ii—K1—O10iii | 120.24 (3) | O6vii—Al2—O10viii | 110.77 (6) |
O9ii—K1—O11 | 55.61 (2) | O7—Al2—O10viii | 105.95 (5) |
O9iii—K1—O10iii | 56.01 (3) | O1—As1—O2 | 110.66 (4) |
O9iii—K1—O11 | 72.39 (3) | O1—As1—O3 | 114.32 (4) |
O10iii—K1—O11 | 125.79 (3) | O1—As1—O4ix | 115.08 (4) |
O1iv—K2—O2v | 68.86 (2) | O2—As1—O3 | 105.42 (4) |
O1iv—K2—O7iv | 112.20 (3) | O2—As1—O4ix | 106.85 (4) |
O1iv—K2—O8v | 119.86 (2) | O3—As1—O4ix | 103.72 (4) |
O1iv—K2—O9v | 78.24 (3) | O5—As2—O6 | 113.25 (6) |
O1iv—K2—O11vi | 89.12 (3) | O5—As2—O7 | 115.67 (5) |
O2v—K2—O7iv | 95.73 (2) | O5—As2—O8 | 109.52 (5) |
O2v—K2—O8v | 65.61 (2) | O6—As2—O7 | 108.07 (5) |
O2v—K2—O9v | 107.28 (3) | O6—As2—O8 | 105.28 (4) |
O2v—K2—O11vi | 154.06 (3) | O7—As2—O8 | 104.19 (5) |
O7iv—K2—O8v | 109.45 (3) | O9—As3—O10 | 108.48 (5) |
O7iv—K2—O9v | 156.96 (3) | O9—As3—O11ix | 115.16 (5) |
O7iv—K2—O11vi | 79.62 (3) | O9—As3—O12 | 109.34 (4) |
O8v—K2—O9v | 79.97 (3) | O10—As3—O11ix | 111.13 (5) |
O8v—K2—O11vi | 140.08 (3) | O10—As3—O12 | 101.71 (4) |
O9v—K2—O11vi | 80.10 (3) | O11ix—As3—O12 | 110.16 (5) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1/2, −y+1/2, z+1; (ii) x, y, z+1; (iii) −x, −y+1, z+1/2; (iv) x+1/2, −y+1/2, z; (v) x+1, y, z; (vi) −x+1, −y+1, z−1/2; (vii) x−1/2, −y+1/2, z; (viii) −x+1/2, y−1/2, z+1/2; (ix) x, y, z−1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | K3Al2As3O12 |
Mr | 588 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pna21 |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.7943 (2), 17.4400 (2), 8.6610 (3) |
V (Å3) | 1328.36 (6) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 8.63 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.10 × 0.06 × 0.01 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.49, 0.92 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 3σ(I)] reflections | 52293, 9623, 8606 |
Rint | 0.038 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.997 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.018, 0.039, 0.80 |
No. of reflections | 9623 |
No. of parameters | 181 |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.33, −0.31 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 3882 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.008 (3) |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008), SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2008), coordinates taken from an isotypic structure, JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006), ATOMS (Dowty, 2006), publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
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During crystal growth studies of KAsO3, we inadvertently obtained single crystals with composition K3Al2As3O12 from an attacked corundum crucible. Many oxides with general formula MxM'2X3O12 crystallize with three-dimensional framework structures (Devi & Vidyasagar, 2000) and are of technological interest. Most notably, compounds crystallizing in the NASICON (Na3Zr2Si2PO12) structure type are excellent ion conductors and have been intensely studied. A recent review on compounds with the NASICON structure has been given by Anantharamulu et al. (2011).
The structure of K3Al2As3O12 is isotypic with the phosphate analogue K3Al2P3O12 (Devi & Vidyasagar, 2000), the mixed arsenate/phosphate solid solution K3Al2As1.92P1.08O12 (Boughzala et al., 1997) and K3Ga2P3O12 (Beaurain et al., 2008; Yakubovich et al., 2008). Trithallium dialuminotriphosphate, Tl3Al2P3O12 (Devi & Vidyasagar, 2000), can be considered as isopointal to the title compound, because it features distinctly different coordinations of the Al sites and the cationic network due to the electron lone pairs of the Tl+ ions.
Whereas in the NASICON structure type the M' site is octahedrally and the X site tetrahedrally coordinated, in the title compound both sites exhibit a tetrahedral coordination. Two crystallographically different [AlO4] and three [AlO4] tetrahedra, all on general positions, are linked via their corners to a complex three-dimensional network, whereby [AlO4] units connect only to [AsO4] units and vice-versa. This network can be decomposed into undulating sheets normal to [010] (Al1, Al2, As1, As2) which are connected by [AsO4] units (As3) (Fig. 1).
The three different K+ cations are located in channels running along the [100] and [001] (K1, K2) (Fig. 1) as well as the [101] and [101] (K3) (Fig. 2) directions. Considering K–O distances up to 3.5 Å as relevant for first coordination spheres, the K+ cations are coordinated by 9 (K1), 8 (K1) and 6 (K3) O atoms, respectively, all in the form of irregular [KOx] polyhedra. The total bond valence sums (parameters: R0 = 2.132 Å, b = 0.37 (Brown & Altermatt, 1985)), 1.08 (K1), 1.04 (K2) and 0.90 (K3) valence units (v.u.) are close to the expected value of 1 v.u. and point to a slight undersaturation of K3. The coordination of the K+ cations is very similar in all isotypic structures. The main difference in these structures pertains to the bond lengths of the XO4 tetrahedra. Corresponding mean bond lengths are 1.746 Å for AlO4 and 1.680 Å for AsO4 tetrahedra in the title compound; 1.737 Å for AlO4 and 1.527 Å for PO4 tetrahedra in K3Al2P3O12; 1.730 Å for AlO4 and 1.615 Å for (As/P)O4 tetrahedra in K3Al2As1.92P1.08O12; 1.816 Å for GaO4 and 1.535 Å for PO4 tetrahedra in K3Ga2P3O12.