research communications
The 2O5 polymorph, isotypic with ∊-CaTe2O5
of a new CdTeaInstitute for Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Division of Structural Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/164-SC, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
*Correspondence e-mail: felix.eder@tuwien.ac.at
Single crystals of cadmium pentaoxidoditellurate(IV), CdTe2O5, were obtained as by-products in a hydrothermal reaction of Cd(NO3)2·4H2O, TeO2, H6TeO6 and NH3 (molar ratios 2:1:1:6) at 483 K for seven days. The crystals represent a different polymorph (henceforth referred to as the β-form) than the α-CdTe2O5 crystals grown from the melt, and are isotypic with hydrothermally grown ∊-CaTe2O5. The of β-CdTe2O5 comprises one Cd, two Te and five O sites, all of which are located in general positions (Wyckoff position 4 e). The cadmium(II) atom is coordinated by seven oxygen atoms, forming 2∞[CdO6/2O1/1] (100) layers. Both tellurium sites are surrounded by four oxygen atoms with one of them being at a significantly longer distance than the other three. The resulting bisphenoidal [TeO4] units also form layers propagating parallel to (100) by sharing edges with each other. The stereochemically active 5s2 lone pair of the TeIV atoms leads to the formation of large channels extending along [011] and smaller ones along [010]. A quantitative comparison between the crystal structures of β-CdTe2O5 and ∊-CaTe2O5 is made.
Keywords: crystal structure; oxidotellurate(IV); cadmium tellurite; isotypism; structure comparison.
CCDC reference: 2002758
1. Chemical context
Cadmium pentaoxidoditellurate(IV), better known under its common name cadmium ditellurite, CdTe2O5, has been the subject of numerous investigations during the past decades with different emphases. In this regard, the CdO–TeO2 phase diagram was elucidated by Robertson et al. (1978), or the formation of glasses in the Cd–Te–O system by Karaduman et al. (2012). Other studies focused on electric and ferroelastic properties of CdTe2O5 (Redman et al., 1970), with its ferroelasticity remaining up to the melting point (Sadovskaya et al., 1983; Gorbenko et al., 1990). Single crystals of CdTe2O5 are usually grown from the melt utilizing the Czochralski or Bridgeman techniques as crystal growth methods (Nawash, 2015). Even though single crystals of CdTe2O5 have been grown for decades this way, a satisfactory structure model for this phase had never been published so far, and only lattice parameters of a sub-cell were given (Redman et al., 1970). Other phases in the Cd–Te–O system that are compiled in the Inorganic Database (ICSD; Zagorac et al., 2019) include two polymorphs of CdTeIVO3 (Krämer & Brandt, 1985; Poupon et al., 2017), two polymorphs of Cd3TeVIO6 (Burckhardt et al., 1982; Weil & Veyer, 2018) and the mixed TeIV/VI-compounds Cd2Te2O7 and Cd2Te3O9 (Weil, 2004).
The lack of a reasonable structure model for CdTe2O5 might be caused by the micaceous appearance of the grown crystals (Redman et al., 1970), as well as by its ferroelastic properties, which often are correlated with the formation of twins or multiple domains. The new CdTe2O5 phase discovered during the present study originally intended to synthesize new mixed-valent cadmium oxidotellurates(IV,VI), however, belongs to a different polymorph, hereafter referred to as the β-form of CdTe2O5.
In this communication we report on the synthesis and β-CdTe2O5 and compare it quantitatively with the isotypic structure of ∊-CaTe2O5 (Weil & Stöger, 2008; Barrier et al., 2009).
analysis of2. Structural commentary
All atoms in the viz. one Cd site, two Te sites and five O sites, are located on general Wyckoff positions 4 e (site symmetry 1). The cadmium atom is coordinated by seven oxygen atoms with distances in a range of 2.235 (3)–2.688 (3) Å. The average Cd—O bond length is 2.389 Å, which is in accordance with the sum of ionic radii for CdII (CN 7; 1.17 Å) and O (CN 3; 1.22 Å) compiled by Shannon (1976). The bond-valence sum (BVS; Brown, 2002) of Cd is 2.07 valence units (v.u.) using the values of Brese & O'Keeffe (1991) for calculation. The [CdO7] polyhedron is best described as a distorted pentagonal bipyramid (Fig. 1). The [CdO7] polyhedra are connected to each other by sharing three edges with other [CdO7] units, thereby forming 2∞[CdO6/2O1/1] layers oriented parallel to (100) with the CdII atoms located at x ≃ 0;1.
The two tellurium(IV) atoms are both coordinated by four oxygen atoms with three of them being closer than 2 Å (Table 1) and the fourth one at a distance of 2.285 (3) Å (Te1) and 2.204 (3) Å (Te2), respectively. The oxygen atoms are located to one side of the TeIV atoms due to the large amount of space the 5s2 electron lone pair requires. The corresponding coordination polyhedra can be derived from a trigonal bipyramid, [ΨTeO4], with the lone pair occupying one of the equatorial positions in each case. The shapes of the polyhedra without the contribution of the lone pair correspond to [TeO4] bisphenoids (Fig. 2). The bond-valence sums for the tellurium(IV) atoms were calculated to be 4.15 and 4.10 v.u. for Te1 and Te2, respectively, using the values of Brese & O'Keeffe (1991). When applying the revised parameters of Mills & Christy (2013), BVS of 3.94 and 3.92 v.u. were obtained.
The [TeO4] polyhedra are connected to each other to form layers oriented parallel to (100). These layers have a distinct undulating shape (Fig. 3) and are built up by chains of [Te1O4] and [Te2O4] units arranged alternately by sharing corners with two neighbours. These chains are cross-linked by two [Te2O4]-polyhedra by sharing an edge consisting of two O5 atoms. The [Te1O4] units are located very close to the Cd–O layer and share edges with three [CdO7] polyhedra and one corner with a fourth one. The [Te2O4] units are positioned in the centre of the layer and only share two corners with three [CdO7] polyhedra. The rather loose arrangement of [TeO4] units in the layer can be explained by the stereochemically active 5s2 electron lone pair situated at each of the two TeIV atoms. The space requirements of the non-bonding electron pairs lead to the undulating shape of the layer, which results in the presence of large channels in the structure, which are oriented parallel to [011] (Fig. 4). Smaller channels are also realized and propagate parallel to [010] (Fig. 5).
The arrangement of such an undulating 2∞[Te2O5]2– layer was reported for the first time for the ∊-polymorph of CaTe2O5 (Weil & Stöger, 2008), which is isotypic with β-CdTe2O5. CaTe2O5 is likewise reported to crystallize in a mica-like form from the melt (Redman et al., 1970). Although several high-temperature polymorphs have also been reported for this phase (Tripathi et al., 2001), ∊-CaTe2O5 is the only polymorph for which a crystal-structure determination has been performed (Weil & Stöger, 2008; Barrier et al., 2009). The close similarity between the two structures can be explained by the very similar ionic radii (Shannon, 1976) of Ca (CN 7: 1.20 Å) and Cd (CN 7: 1.17 Å). The corresponding bond lengths in the isotypic structures (Table 1) differ only slightly with one exception: the Te1—O4 bond, which is 0.165 Å longer in the Ca structure, shows by far the biggest difference. A quantitative comparison between β-CdTe2O5 and ∊-CaTe2O5 was carried out using the compstru software (de la Flor et al., 2016), available at the Bilbao Crystallographic Server (Aroyo et al., 2006). The absolute distances between paired atoms are 0.0303 Å for Cd/Ca1, 0.0628 Å for Te1, 0.0178 Å for Te2, 0.1426 Å for O1, 0.0791 Å for O2, 0.0384 Å for O3, 0.0788 Å for O4 and 0.0635 Å for O5. The degree of is 0.0118, the arithmetic mean of the distance between paired atoms is 0.0642 Å, and the measure of similarity is 0.077.
3. Synthesis and crystallization
Crystals of CdTe2O5 were obtained under hydrothermal conditions. The reactants, 0.1890 g (0.613 mmol) Cd(NO3)3·2H2O, 0.0484 g (0.303 mmol) TeO2, 0.0710 g (0.309 mmol) H6TeO6 and 0.12 g (1.8 mmol) 25%wt NH3(aq) were weighed into a small teflon vessel with a volume of ca 3 ml. Deionized water was added until the vessel was filled to about two thirds of its volume. Then the vessel was heated to 483 K in a steel autoclave for 7 d under autogenous pressure. Afterwards, the autoclave was cooled to room temperature within about 4 h. The reaction product was a light-yellow, almost white solid. In the X-ray powder pattern of the bulk, α-Cd3TeO6 (Burckhardt et al., 1982) and β-CdTe2O5 were found. Under a polarising microscope a few small shiny colourless blocks of β-CdTe2O5 were isolated for single-crystal measurements.
4. Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure . Atom labels and starting coordinates for were adopted from the isotypic ∊-CaTe2O5 structure (Weil & Stöger, 2008).
details are summarized in Table 2
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Supporting information
CCDC reference: 2002758
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989020006283/hb7913sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989020006283/hb7913Isup2.hkl
Data collection: APEX3 (Bruker, 2016); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2016); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2016); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXT (Sheldrick, 2015a); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL (Sheldrick, 2015b); molecular graphics: ATOMS (Dowty, 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).CdTe2O5 | F(000) = 768 |
Mr = 447.60 | Dx = 5.699 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 9.4535 (5) Å | Cell parameters from 2645 reflections |
b = 5.5806 (3) Å | θ = 2.4–32.1° |
c = 10.8607 (5) Å | µ = 15.08 mm−1 |
β = 114.430 (1)° | T = 100 K |
V = 521.67 (5) Å3 | Block, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.10 × 0.06 × 0.05 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 1462 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
ω– and φ–scan | Rint = 0.045 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Krause et al., 2015) | θmax = 32.1°, θmin = 3.8° |
Tmin = 0.600, Tmax = 0.746 | h = −14→14 |
9236 measured reflections | k = −8→8 |
1827 independent reflections | l = −15→16 |
Refinement on F2 | 0 restraints |
Least-squares matrix: full | Primary atom site location: isomorphous structure methods |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.024 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0171P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
wR(F2) = 0.045 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
S = 1.00 | Δρmax = 1.20 e Å−3 |
1827 reflections | Δρmin = −1.03 e Å−3 |
73 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. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Te1 | 0.25911 (3) | 0.32034 (5) | 0.72297 (3) | 0.01195 (7) | |
Te2 | 0.34935 (3) | 0.64780 (5) | 0.49078 (3) | 0.01181 (7) | |
Cd1 | 0.01900 (4) | 0.79762 (6) | 0.63620 (3) | 0.01416 (8) | |
O1 | 0.1293 (4) | 0.4948 (5) | 0.7821 (3) | 0.0141 (6) | |
O2 | 0.1216 (4) | 0.1359 (5) | 0.5843 (3) | 0.0188 (7) | |
O3 | 0.2239 (4) | 0.5960 (5) | 0.5973 (3) | 0.0163 (7) | |
O4 | 0.2081 (4) | 0.0287 (6) | 0.8466 (3) | 0.0162 (7) | |
O5 | 0.4791 (4) | 0.3979 (6) | 0.5962 (3) | 0.0176 (7) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Te1 | 0.00997 (13) | 0.01304 (14) | 0.01191 (13) | 0.00123 (10) | 0.00360 (10) | −0.00069 (10) |
Te2 | 0.01214 (13) | 0.01187 (13) | 0.01070 (13) | −0.00178 (10) | 0.00399 (10) | −0.00077 (10) |
Cd1 | 0.01824 (16) | 0.01311 (16) | 0.01254 (15) | 0.00370 (12) | 0.00778 (13) | 0.00255 (12) |
O1 | 0.0171 (16) | 0.0124 (15) | 0.0175 (15) | 0.0035 (12) | 0.0116 (13) | 0.0054 (12) |
O2 | 0.0256 (18) | 0.0146 (16) | 0.0109 (15) | −0.0055 (14) | 0.0023 (13) | −0.0008 (13) |
O3 | 0.0199 (17) | 0.0142 (15) | 0.0209 (16) | 0.0035 (13) | 0.0144 (14) | 0.0032 (13) |
O4 | 0.0162 (16) | 0.0142 (15) | 0.0159 (15) | 0.0016 (13) | 0.0044 (13) | 0.0068 (13) |
O5 | 0.0162 (16) | 0.0198 (16) | 0.0188 (16) | 0.0060 (13) | 0.0094 (13) | 0.0072 (13) |
Te1—O2 | 1.843 (3) | Te2—Te2ii | 3.2253 (6) |
Te1—O1 | 1.875 (3) | Cd1—O1iii | 2.235 (3) |
Te1—O3 | 1.991 (3) | Cd1—O2iv | 2.238 (3) |
Te1—O4 | 2.285 (3) | Cd1—O2v | 2.296 (3) |
Te2—O4i | 1.864 (3) | Cd1—O1 | 2.255 (3) |
Te2—O5 | 1.897 (3) | Cd1—O3 | 2.424 (3) |
Te2—O3 | 1.990 (3) | Cd1—O4v | 2.589 (3) |
Te2—O5ii | 2.204 (3) | Cd1—O4iii | 2.688 (3) |
O2—Te1—O1 | 103.25 (15) | O1iii—Cd1—O3 | 167.39 (11) |
O2—Te1—O3 | 90.59 (13) | O2iv—Cd1—O3 | 93.09 (12) |
O1—Te1—O3 | 83.46 (12) | O2v—Cd1—O3 | 83.66 (11) |
O2—Te1—O4 | 80.40 (12) | O1—Cd1—O3 | 66.67 (10) |
O1—Te1—O4 | 80.89 (12) | O1iii—Cd1—O4v | 73.85 (11) |
O3—Te1—O4 | 159.60 (12) | O2iv—Cd1—O4v | 138.57 (10) |
O4i—Te2—O5 | 100.25 (14) | O2v—Cd1—O4v | 66.40 (10) |
O4i—Te2—O3 | 91.11 (13) | O1—Cd1—O4v | 78.65 (10) |
O5—Te2—O3 | 86.24 (13) | O3—Cd1—O4v | 94.31 (10) |
O4i—Te2—O5ii | 88.71 (13) | Te1—O1—Cd1vi | 119.15 (14) |
O5—Te2—O5ii | 76.52 (13) | Te1—O1—Cd1 | 109.06 (13) |
O3—Te2—O5ii | 162.43 (12) | Cd1vi—O1—Cd1 | 117.64 (13) |
O4i—Te2—Te2ii | 95.12 (10) | Te1—O2—Cd1iv | 133.44 (16) |
O5—Te2—Te2ii | 41.63 (9) | Te1—O2—Cd1vii | 119.05 (14) |
O3—Te2—Te2ii | 127.79 (9) | Cd1iv—O2—Cd1vii | 105.95 (12) |
O5ii—Te2—Te2ii | 34.89 (8) | Te1—O3—Te2 | 122.67 (15) |
O1iii—Cd1—O2iv | 98.69 (12) | Te1—O3—Cd1 | 99.09 (12) |
O1iii—Cd1—O2v | 95.20 (12) | Te2—O3—Cd1 | 138.18 (14) |
O2iv—Cd1—O2v | 74.05 (13) | Te2viii—O4—Te1 | 128.18 (16) |
O1iii—Cd1—O1 | 105.89 (7) | Te2viii—O4—Cd1vii | 118.13 (14) |
O2iv—Cd1—O1 | 140.67 (11) | Te1—O4—Cd1vii | 94.15 (10) |
O2v—Cd1—O1 | 131.97 (12) | Te2—O5—Te2ii | 103.48 (13) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) −x, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (iv) −x, −y+1, −z+1; (v) x, y+1, z; (vi) −x, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (vii) x, y−1, z; (viii) x, −y+1/2, z+1/2. |
β-CdTe2O5 | ε-CaTe2O5a | |
Te1—O2 | 1.843 (3) | 1.832 (4) |
Te1—O1 | 1.875 (3) | 1.852 (4) |
Te1—O3 | 1.991 (3) | 1.980 (5) |
Te1—O4 | 2.285 (3) | 2.450 (5) |
Te2—O4i | 1.864 (3) | 1.854 (4) |
Te2—O5 | 1.897 (3) | 1.898 (4) |
Te2—O3 | 1.990 (3) | 2.009 (5) |
Te2—O5ii | 2.204 (5) | 2.178 (5) |
M1—O1iii | 2.235 (3) | 2.305 (4) |
M1—O2iv | 2.238 (3) | 2.326 (4) |
M1—O1 | 2.256 (3) | 2.360 (5) |
M1—O2v | 2.296 (3) | 2.358 (5) |
M1—O3 | 2.424 (3) | 2.476 (5) |
M1—O4v | 2.589 (3) | 2.554 (5) |
M1—O4iii | 2.688 (3) | 2.682 (5) |
(a) Lattice parameters: a = 9.382 (2), b = 5.7095 (14), c = 11.132 (3) Å, β = 115.109 (4)°, V = 539.95 Å3 (Weil & Stöger, 2008). [Symmetry codes: (i) x, -y + 1/2, z - 1/2; (ii) -x + 1, -y + 1, -z + 1; (iii) -x, y + 1/2, -z + 1; (iv) -x, -y + 1, -z + 1; (v) x, y + 1, z.] |
Acknowledgements
The X-ray centre of the TU Wien is acknowledged for financial support and for providing access to the single-crystal and powder X-ray diffractometers.
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