inorganic compounds
K2V2O2(AsO4)2
aLaboratoire Sciences des Matériaux, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumedienne, BP 32 El-Alia 16111 Bab-Ezzouar Alger, Algeria, and bCDIFX, UMR 6226, Université de Rennes1, CNRS, Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
*Correspondence e-mail: belkhirisab@yahoo.fr
The vanadium oxide arsenate with formula K2V2O2(AsO4)2, dipotassium divanadium(IV) dioxide diarsenate, has been synthesized by solid-state reaction in an evacuated silica ampoule. Its structure is isotypic with K2V2O2(PO4)2. The framework is built up from corner-sharing VO6 octahedra and AsO4 tetrahedra, creating an infinite [VAsO8]∞ chain running along the a- and c-axis directions. The K+ cations are located in hexagonal tunnels, which are delimited by the connection of the [VAsO8]∞ chains.
Related literature
For the properties of the potassium titanyl phosphate KTiOPO4 (KTP) family, see: El Haidouri et al. (1990); Harrison & Phillips (1999); Phillips et al. (1990). For the structures of AMOXO4 compounds (A = K, Na, Li, M = transition metal and X = P, As) of the KTP family, see: Phillips et al. (1990); Harrison & Phillips (1999); El Haidouri et al. (1990). For the synthesis of K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2, see: Belkhiri et al. (2009). For the synthesis and structure of isotypic K2V2O2(PO4)2, see: Benhamada et al. (1991). For the effect on the electron transport properties caused by the distortion of the VIVO6 octahedra, see: El Haidouri et al. (1990); El Brahimi & Durand (1986); Nakagawa et al. (1999). For the hexagonal tungsten bronze structure, see: Magnéli (1953).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SuperFlip (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007); program(s) used to refine structure: JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006); molecular graphics: ATOMS (Dowty, 1994) and GRETEP (Laugier & Bochu, 2002); software used to prepare material for publication: JANA2006.
Supporting information
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The growth of the single-crystal K2V2O2(AsO4)2 was performed in two steps: firstly, the stoechiometric mixture of K2CO3, V2O5, and As2O5 was heated in platinium crucible for 24 h at 573 K in order to decompose the potassium carbonate. Secondly the appropriate amount of vanadium was added into the mixture and then heated at 973 K for 7 days in evacuated silica ampoule. From the resulting mixture some dark single crystals were extracted.
Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > n*σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement.
The compounds belonging to the potassium titanyl phosphate KTiOPO4 (KTP) family have been widely studied for their outstanding non linear optical property (NLO)(Phillips et al., 1990; Harrison et al., 1999; El Haidouri et al., 1990).
These materials are characterized by their high laser damage threshold, high electrooptic coefficient and an excellent thermal stability (Phillips et al., 1990; Harrison et al., 1999; El Haidouri et al., 1990)).
The KTP compound is generaly used in a laser system such as second harmonic generation (SGH) for doubling laser light for example in the Nd Yag laser equipement.
The framework of AMOXO4 (A: K, Na, Li..), (M: tansition metal) and (X: P, As) is built up from MO6 octahedra and AsO4 tetrahedra sharing their corners.
The structure of AMOXO4 of KTP family shows an irregular octahedra MO6 with one short bond (1.653 (5) Å to 1.851 (5) Å)) (Phillips et al., 1990; Harrison et al., 1999; El Haidouri et al., 1990). In two years later we synthetized a new compound K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 (Belkhiri et al., 2009) of KTP family, It presents an irregular MO6 octahedra with (M=V+W). The MO6 polyhedra consist of two abnormal short bonds M—O (1.774 (7) Å) and(1.824 (8) Å) which suggest that the NLO property could be more important in this compound, because the most physical related to structural studies showed that the non linear optical property is due to the short bond in the octahedral polyhedra.
We are interested on K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 for these two short bonds, we substituted the tungsten by the vanadium element in order to show the influence of the tungsten and vanadium on the distortion of the MO6 octahedra.
We synthetized and studied the structure of new single-crystal K2V2O2(AsO4)2 isotype to KVOPO4 (Benhamada et al., 1991), we describe here the structure of K2V2O2(AsO4)2.
The framework [VAsO5]∞ is built up from single VO6 octahedra sharing corners with AsO4 tetrahedra. The projection of K2V2O2(AsO4)2 structure along a and c directions (Fig. 1) and (Fig. 2) respectively shows the existence of infinite [VAsO8]∞ chains running along a and c directions.
Two infinite [VAsO8]∞ chains oriented along a are linked via infinite [VAsO8]∞ chains running along c and vice versa. The AsO4 tetrahedra share their corners with four VO6 octahedra, and the VO6 octahedra share their corners with four AsO4 tetrahedra and two VO6 octahedra.
This arrangement creates an octahedral infinite [VO3]∞ chains running along [011] direction (Fig. 3) and (Fig. 4). The existence of one dimensional octahedral infinite [VO3]∞ chains pretends the possibility of electronic transport properties. These properties can be accentuated by the distortion of the octahedral polyhedra occupied by V(IV) with the d1 configuration (El Haidouri et al., 1990; Nakagawa et al., 1999; El Brahimi & Durand, 1986).
The framework [VAsO5]∞ delimits two sorts of hexagonal tunnels running along a and c directions, where the potassium ions are located. The first tunnel (Fig. 1) results from junction of three VO6 octahedra and three AsO4 tetrahedra linked by their corners. Whereas the second type of tunnel (Fig. 2) is formed of rings of four VO6 octahedra and two AsO4 tetrahedra linked by their corners.
The great similarity of the framework [VAsO5]∞ with hexagonal tungsten bronze structure (HTB) described by Magnéli (1953) concerns necessary the hexagonal tunnel which can be deduced from HTB tunnels by replacing two octahedra out of six in an ordered way by two AsO4 tetrahedra (Fig. 5).
As a result, the remplacement of tungsten by the vanadium element in the structure of K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 led to irregular octahedra VO6 with one short (1.6551 (18) Å) and one long bond V—O (2.2301 (18) Å). Whereas in the case of K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2, the presence of the tungsten element in MO6 with (M=V+W) creates an irregular octahedra MO6 with two short bonds M—O (1.774 (7) Å) and(1.824 (8) Å).
The comparaison between the MO6 octahedra of K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 and VO6 octahedra of K2V2O2(AsO4)2 (Fig. 6) shows clearly that the distortion is more important in MO6 than in VO6 due to the mixed occupation of the MO6 by the tungsten and vanadium simultaneously. Furthermore the mixed occupation creates two short bonds which can have an impact on the non linear optical property.
Among our perspectives is to realise the non linear optical property for K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 and K2V2O2(AsO4)2 and to show the influence of the vanadium and the tungsten on the second harmonic generation.
For the properties of the potassium titanyl phosphate KTiOPO4 (KTP) family, see: El Haidouri et al. (1990); Harrison & Phillips (1999); Phillips et al. (1990). For the structures of AMOXO4 compounds (A: K, Na, Li..), (M: tansition metal) and (X: P, As) of the KTP family, see: Phillips et al. (1990); Harrison & Phillips (1999); El Haidouri et al. (1990). For the synthesis of K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2, see: Belkhiri et al. (2009). For the synthesis and structure of the isotypic compound K2V2O2(AsO4)2, see: Benhamada et al. (1991). For the effect on the electron transport properties of distortion of the octahedral V(IV) polyhedra , see: El Haidouri et al. (1990); El Brahimi & Durand (1986); Nakagawa et al. (1999). For the hexagonal tungsten bronze structure, see: Magnéli (1953)
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: (SuperFlip Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007); program(s) used to refine structure: JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006); molecular graphics: ATOMS (Dowty, 1994) and GRETEP (Laugier & Bochu, 2002); software used to prepare material for publication: JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006).K2V2O2(AsO4)2 | F(000) = 920 |
Mr = 489.9 | Dx = 3.552 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pc21n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71069 Å |
Hall symbol: P -2n -2ac | Cell parameters from 5952 reflections |
a = 6.5368 (2) Å | θ = 3.5–40.2° |
b = 10.7228 (5) Å | µ = 10.16 mm−1 |
c = 13.0666 (4) Å | T = 150 K |
V = 915.87 (6) Å3 | Prism, black |
Z = 4 | 0.3 × 0.25 × 0.22 mm |
Bruker APEXII diffractometer | 4169 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3805 reflections with I > 3σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.033 |
CCD rotation images, thin slices scans | θmax = 40.2°, θmin = 3.5° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2002) | h = −23→23 |
Tmin = 0.073, Tmax = 0.107 | k = −11→10 |
11866 measured reflections | l = −19→15 |
Refinement on F | Weighting scheme based on measured s.u.'s w = 1/(σ2(F) + 0.000049F2) |
R[F > 3σ(F)] = 0.028 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.003 |
wR(F) = 0.034 | Δρmax = 0.94 e Å−3 |
S = 1.60 | Δρmin = −0.77 e Å−3 |
4169 reflections | Extinction correction: B-C type 1 Gaussian isotropic (Becker & Coppens, 1974) |
139 parameters | Extinction coefficient: 970 (110) |
0 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1256 Friedel pairs |
0 constraints | Absolute structure parameter: 0.387 (8) |
K2V2O2(AsO4)2 | V = 915.87 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 489.9 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, Pc21n | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 6.5368 (2) Å | µ = 10.16 mm−1 |
b = 10.7228 (5) Å | T = 150 K |
c = 13.0666 (4) Å | 0.3 × 0.25 × 0.22 mm |
Bruker APEXII diffractometer | 4169 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2002) | 3805 reflections with I > 3σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.073, Tmax = 0.107 | Rint = 0.033 |
11866 measured reflections |
R[F > 3σ(F)] = 0.028 | 0 restraints |
wR(F) = 0.034 | Δρmax = 0.94 e Å−3 |
S = 1.60 | Δρmin = −0.77 e Å−3 |
4169 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1256 Friedel pairs |
139 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.387 (8) |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
As2 | 0.99887 (4) | 0.333103 | −0.18131 (2) | 0.00293 (5) | |
V1 | 0.27644 (5) | 0.59847 (6) | 0.25107 (3) | 0.00255 (8) | |
V2 | 0.49984 (6) | 0.34895 (5) | −0.12277 (3) | 0.00271 (8) | |
K1 | −0.22511 (9) | 0.53150 (8) | 0.12103 (6) | 0.01172 (15) | |
K2 | 0.79227 (10) | 0.77688 (8) | −0.10496 (5) | 0.01127 (15) | |
O1 | −0.5484 (3) | 0.4499 (2) | 0.23637 (18) | 0.0058 (5) | |
O2 | 0.7996 (3) | 0.3653 (2) | −0.10470 (17) | 0.0060 (3) | |
O3 | 0.1652 (3) | 0.6001 (3) | −0.09922 (15) | 0.0060 (4) | |
O4 | 0.4565 (3) | 0.4521 (2) | −0.21415 (18) | 0.0060 (5) | |
O5 | 0.4859 (3) | 0.7051 (2) | 0.01550 (19) | 0.0061 (5) | |
O6 | 0.1747 (3) | 0.5671 (2) | 0.10771 (16) | 0.0053 (4) | |
O7 | 0.4687 (4) | 0.4564 (2) | −0.00520 (17) | 0.0063 (5) | |
O8 | 1.2015 (3) | 0.2971 (2) | −0.10749 (17) | 0.0060 (3) | |
O9 | 0.9597 (3) | 0.2103 (2) | −0.26290 (18) | 0.0062 (5) | |
O10 | 0.4516 (3) | 0.7042 (2) | 0.22272 (18) | 0.0061 (5) | |
As1 | 0.32206 (3) | 0.58763 (5) | 0.00215 (2) | 0.00258 (5) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
As2 | 0.00216 (8) | 0.00404 (10) | 0.00258 (10) | −0.00032 (7) | −0.00002 (9) | 0.00035 (10) |
V1 | 0.00278 (13) | 0.00322 (15) | 0.00164 (15) | 0.00008 (15) | 0.00028 (13) | 0.00010 (14) |
V2 | 0.00261 (13) | 0.00336 (17) | 0.00216 (15) | 0.00019 (13) | −0.00004 (13) | 0.00031 (14) |
K1 | 0.0052 (2) | 0.0156 (3) | 0.0144 (3) | −0.0015 (2) | −0.0016 (2) | 0.0047 (3) |
K2 | 0.0104 (2) | 0.0171 (3) | 0.0063 (2) | −0.0012 (2) | 0.00160 (19) | −0.0001 (3) |
O1 | 0.0065 (7) | 0.0053 (8) | 0.0057 (9) | 0.0026 (6) | 0.0020 (7) | 0.0030 (7) |
O2 | 0.0028 (4) | 0.0093 (5) | 0.0060 (5) | −0.0001 (4) | −0.0006 (5) | 0.0005 (6) |
O3 | 0.0046 (6) | 0.0114 (9) | 0.0020 (7) | 0.0014 (7) | −0.0015 (5) | 0.0004 (8) |
O4 | 0.0046 (7) | 0.0073 (8) | 0.0063 (9) | 0.0009 (6) | −0.0009 (6) | 0.0011 (7) |
O5 | 0.0062 (8) | 0.0071 (8) | 0.0049 (9) | −0.0031 (7) | 0.0010 (6) | −0.0017 (7) |
O6 | 0.0044 (7) | 0.0088 (9) | 0.0026 (7) | 0.0013 (6) | 0.0005 (6) | 0.0012 (7) |
O7 | 0.0069 (8) | 0.0079 (8) | 0.0043 (9) | 0.0035 (7) | −0.0020 (6) | −0.0017 (7) |
O8 | 0.0028 (4) | 0.0093 (5) | 0.0060 (5) | −0.0001 (4) | −0.0006 (5) | 0.0005 (6) |
O9 | 0.0066 (7) | 0.0067 (8) | 0.0052 (9) | −0.0025 (7) | 0.0018 (7) | −0.0018 (8) |
O10 | 0.0075 (8) | 0.0070 (8) | 0.0039 (8) | −0.0012 (7) | 0.0011 (7) | 0.0012 (7) |
As1 | 0.00244 (8) | 0.00385 (9) | 0.00144 (9) | −0.00024 (9) | −0.00003 (8) | −0.00044 (9) |
As2—O1i | 1.682 (2) | V2—O2 | 1.9811 (19) |
As2—O2 | 1.679 (2) | V2—O4 | 1.652 (2) |
As2—O8 | 1.684 (2) | V2—O5v | 2.087 (2) |
As2—O9 | 1.714 (2) | V2—O7 | 1.931 (2) |
V1—O1ii | 1.971 (2) | V2—O8vi | 2.0375 (19) |
V1—O3iii | 1.993 (2) | V2—O10v | 2.053 (2) |
V1—O4iii | 2.234 (2) | O3—As1 | 1.6805 (19) |
V1—O6 | 2.016 (2) | O5—As1 | 1.662 (2) |
V1—O9iv | 1.960 (2) | O6—As1 | 1.697 (2) |
V1—O10 | 1.654 (2) | O7—As1 | 1.705 (2) |
O1i—As2—O2 | 112.20 (11) | O4—V2—O5v | 171.20 (10) |
O1i—As2—O8 | 112.68 (10) | O4—V2—O7 | 99.06 (11) |
O1i—As2—O9 | 101.71 (11) | O4—V2—O8vi | 95.14 (10) |
O2—As2—O8 | 108.44 (10) | O4—V2—O10v | 94.17 (10) |
O2—As2—O9 | 114.38 (10) | O5v—V2—O7 | 84.92 (10) |
O8—As2—O9 | 107.32 (11) | O5v—V2—O8vi | 77.00 (9) |
O1ii—V1—O3iii | 89.52 (10) | O5v—V2—O10v | 82.04 (9) |
O1ii—V1—O4iii | 81.24 (9) | O7—V2—O8vi | 89.08 (10) |
O1ii—V1—O6 | 88.06 (9) | O7—V2—O10v | 166.76 (10) |
O1ii—V1—O9iv | 163.57 (9) | O8vi—V2—O10v | 90.22 (9) |
O1ii—V1—O10 | 97.49 (10) | As2iii—O1—V1vi | 130.63 (13) |
O3iii—V1—O4iii | 86.39 (9) | As2—O2—V2 | 132.71 (13) |
O3iii—V1—O6 | 167.57 (9) | V1i—O3—As1 | 131.00 (10) |
O3iii—V1—O9iv | 93.90 (10) | V1i—O4—V2 | 137.25 (13) |
O3iii—V1—O10 | 94.66 (11) | V2iv—O5—As1 | 131.25 (13) |
O4iii—V1—O6 | 81.19 (9) | V1—O6—As1 | 123.11 (10) |
O4iii—V1—O9iv | 82.94 (9) | V2—O7—As1 | 126.62 (13) |
O4iii—V1—O10 | 178.35 (10) | As2—O8—V2ii | 129.37 (13) |
O6—V1—O9iv | 85.16 (9) | As2—O9—V1v | 122.59 (12) |
O6—V1—O10 | 97.74 (10) | V1—O10—V2iv | 140.17 (13) |
O9iv—V1—O10 | 98.24 (11) | O3—As1—O5 | 114.55 (12) |
O2—V2—O4 | 101.33 (10) | O3—As1—O6 | 107.73 (9) |
O2—V2—O5v | 86.62 (9) | O3—As1—O7 | 111.36 (12) |
O2—V2—O7 | 87.53 (10) | O5—As1—O6 | 112.26 (11) |
O2—V2—O8vi | 163.51 (9) | O5—As1—O7 | 105.60 (11) |
O2—V2—O10v | 89.41 (9) | O6—As1—O7 | 104.94 (11) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, y, z−1/2; (ii) x+1, y, z; (iii) −x+1/2, y, z+1/2; (iv) −x+1, y+1/2, −z; (v) −x+1, y−1/2, −z; (vi) x−1, y, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | K2V2O2(AsO4)2 |
Mr | 489.9 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pc21n |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.5368 (2), 10.7228 (5), 13.0666 (4) |
V (Å3) | 915.87 (6) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 10.16 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.3 × 0.25 × 0.22 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2002) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.073, 0.107 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 3σ(I)] reflections | 11866, 4169, 3805 |
Rint | 0.033 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.907 |
Refinement | |
R[F > 3σ(F)], wR(F), S | 0.028, 0.034, 1.60 |
No. of reflections | 4169 |
No. of parameters | 139 |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.94, −0.77 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 1256 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.387 (8) |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004), SAINT (Bruker, 2004), (SuperFlip Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007), JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006), ATOMS (Dowty, 1994) and GRETEP (Laugier & Bochu, 2002).
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The compounds belonging to the potassium titanyl phosphate KTiOPO4 (KTP) family have been widely studied for their outstanding non linear optical property (NLO)(Phillips et al., 1990; Harrison et al., 1999; El Haidouri et al., 1990).
These materials are characterized by their high laser damage threshold, high electrooptic coefficient and an excellent thermal stability (Phillips et al., 1990; Harrison et al., 1999; El Haidouri et al., 1990)).
The KTP compound is generaly used in a laser system such as second harmonic generation (SGH) for doubling laser light for example in the Nd Yag laser equipement.
The framework of AMOXO4 (A: K, Na, Li..), (M: tansition metal) and (X: P, As) is built up from MO6 octahedra and AsO4 tetrahedra sharing their corners.
The structure of AMOXO4 of KTP family shows an irregular octahedra MO6 with one short bond (1.653 (5) Å to 1.851 (5) Å)) (Phillips et al., 1990; Harrison et al., 1999; El Haidouri et al., 1990). In two years later we synthetized a new compound K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 (Belkhiri et al., 2009) of KTP family, It presents an irregular MO6 octahedra with (M=V+W). The MO6 polyhedra consist of two abnormal short bonds M—O (1.774 (7) Å) and(1.824 (8) Å) which suggest that the NLO property could be more important in this compound, because the most physical related to structural studies showed that the non linear optical property is due to the short bond in the octahedral polyhedra.
We are interested on K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 for these two short bonds, we substituted the tungsten by the vanadium element in order to show the influence of the tungsten and vanadium on the distortion of the MO6 octahedra.
We synthetized and studied the structure of new single-crystal K2V2O2(AsO4)2 isotype to KVOPO4 (Benhamada et al., 1991), we describe here the structure of K2V2O2(AsO4)2.
The framework [VAsO5]∞ is built up from single VO6 octahedra sharing corners with AsO4 tetrahedra. The projection of K2V2O2(AsO4)2 structure along a and c directions (Fig. 1) and (Fig. 2) respectively shows the existence of infinite [VAsO8]∞ chains running along a and c directions.
Two infinite [VAsO8]∞ chains oriented along a are linked via infinite [VAsO8]∞ chains running along c and vice versa. The AsO4 tetrahedra share their corners with four VO6 octahedra, and the VO6 octahedra share their corners with four AsO4 tetrahedra and two VO6 octahedra.
This arrangement creates an octahedral infinite [VO3]∞ chains running along [011] direction (Fig. 3) and (Fig. 4). The existence of one dimensional octahedral infinite [VO3]∞ chains pretends the possibility of electronic transport properties. These properties can be accentuated by the distortion of the octahedral polyhedra occupied by V(IV) with the d1 configuration (El Haidouri et al., 1990; Nakagawa et al., 1999; El Brahimi & Durand, 1986).
The framework [VAsO5]∞ delimits two sorts of hexagonal tunnels running along a and c directions, where the potassium ions are located. The first tunnel (Fig. 1) results from junction of three VO6 octahedra and three AsO4 tetrahedra linked by their corners. Whereas the second type of tunnel (Fig. 2) is formed of rings of four VO6 octahedra and two AsO4 tetrahedra linked by their corners.
The great similarity of the framework [VAsO5]∞ with hexagonal tungsten bronze structure (HTB) described by Magnéli (1953) concerns necessary the hexagonal tunnel which can be deduced from HTB tunnels by replacing two octahedra out of six in an ordered way by two AsO4 tetrahedra (Fig. 5).
As a result, the remplacement of tungsten by the vanadium element in the structure of K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 led to irregular octahedra VO6 with one short (1.6551 (18) Å) and one long bond V—O (2.2301 (18) Å). Whereas in the case of K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2, the presence of the tungsten element in MO6 with (M=V+W) creates an irregular octahedra MO6 with two short bonds M—O (1.774 (7) Å) and(1.824 (8) Å).
The comparaison between the MO6 octahedra of K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 and VO6 octahedra of K2V2O2(AsO4)2 (Fig. 6) shows clearly that the distortion is more important in MO6 than in VO6 due to the mixed occupation of the MO6 by the tungsten and vanadium simultaneously. Furthermore the mixed occupation creates two short bonds which can have an impact on the non linear optical property.
Among our perspectives is to realise the non linear optical property for K1.65V1.78W0.22O2(AsO4)2 and K2V2O2(AsO4)2 and to show the influence of the vanadium and the tungsten on the second harmonic generation.