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Synthesis and crystal structure of NaCsB5O8(OH)·H2O

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aKey Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: [email protected]

Edited by M. Weil, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (Received 16 April 2026; accepted 8 June 2026; online 12 June 2026)

The solvothermal reaction of H3BO3, Cs2CO3, NaBO2·4H2O, formic acid and ethanol led to a new mixed alkali metal borate, NaCsB5O8(OH)·H2O, sodium caesium penta­borate hydroxide monohydrate. Its crystal structure contains penta­borate [B5O10(OH)]6– building units, and displays a layered structure containing nine-membered rings. The layers extend parallel to the ab plane and are stacked along the c axis. Na+ and Cs+ cations are situated between the layers and bond to oxygen atoms with coordination numbers of 7 and 10, respectively. The water mol­ecule likewise occupies the inter­layer space and is hydrogen-bonded to the layers, both as a donor and an acceptor.

1. Chemical context

Crystalline borates have been well recognized as promising ultraviolet and deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical and birefringent materials (Zhang et al., 2026View full citation; Li et al., 2023aView full citation,bView full citation; Lu et al., 2024View full citation; Ou et al., 2025View full citation; Zou et al., 2026View full citation). Borates exhibit a remarkably rich structural chemistry originating from the various coordination modes of boron to oxygen atoms: BO3 triangles and BO4 tetra­hedra that can be inter­connected via corner-sharing oxygen atoms to construct a variety of polyborate anions (Lin & Yang, 2011View full citation; Huang et al., 2019View full citation; Chen et al., 2024bView full citation). To date, more than 3900 borate compounds have been documented in the literature (Mutailipu et al., 2021View full citation).

Penta­borates constitute a family of structurally rich borates, whose fundamental building units typically comprise two B3O3 rings that are nearly orthogonal to each other. The linkage modes between BO4 tetra­hedra and BO3 triangles give rise to a series of penta­borate anions, including [B5O10]5–, [B5O11]7–, [B5O12]9–, and [B5O14]13–. Hydroxyl-functionalized penta­borate anions are also well-documented, such as [B5O10(OH)]6–, [B5O8(OH)2]3–, [B5O9(OH)3]6– and [B5O6(OH)4] (Wei et al., 2014View full citation; Ding et al., 2018View full citation). Moreover, extended crystalline frameworks of borates can be formed through condensation reactions accompanied by the elimination of water mol­ecules (Li et al., 2024View full citation; Shi et al., 2019View full citation; Zhao et al., 2022View full citation,2024View full citation; Chen et al., 2024aView full citation; Wang et al., 2025View full citation; Chen & Yang, 2024View full citation).

In this work, we present the solvothermal synthesis and single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of a novel mixed alkali-metal penta­borate, NaCsB5O8(OH)·H2O, (I).

2. Structural commentary

The asymmetric unit of (I) consists of one formula unit. The penta­borate [B5O10(OH)]6– building unit (Fig. 1[link]) is constructed by the linkage of two BO3 triangles (B4, B5), two BO4 tetra­hedra (B2, B3), and one BO2(OH) group (B1), with the B—O bond lengths falling in the range of 1.340 (8) to 1.502 (8) Å (Table 1[link]). Furthermore, each [B5O10(OH)]6– unit links to four identical units, giving rise to a layered 2[B5O8(OH)]2– anion extending parallel to the ab plane featuring nine-membered rings (Fig. 2[link]). The layers stack along the c axis in an …ABAB… alternating fashion. The Na+ cations, Cs+ cations, and crystal water mol­ecules reside in the inter­layer space. The Na+ cation is seven-coordinated in a highly distorted penta­gonal–bipyramidal coordination environment, while the Cs+ cation is ten-coordinated in a distorted penta­gonal-prismatic coordination environment (Pinsky & Avnir, 1998View full citation), as shown in Fig. 3[link]. The Na—O bond lengths range from 2.290 (5) to 2.654 (5) Å and the Cs—O bond lengths from 3.054 (4) to 3.604 (4) Å (Table 1[link]).

Table 1
Selected bond lengths (Å)

Cs—O1i 3.110 (5) B1—O1viii 1.382 (9)
Cs—O2 3.054 (4) B1—O2 1.363 (8)
Cs—O2ii 3.604 (4) B1—O3 1.353 (9)
Cs—O3ii 3.406 (5) B2—O3 1.502 (8)
Cs—O3iii 3.335 (4) B2—O4 1.474 (8)
Cs—O4iii 3.324 (4) B2—O5 1.429 (8)
Cs—O6ii 3.313 (4) B2—O7ix 1.493 (8)
Cs—O7iv 3.356 (4) B3—O2 1.478 (8)
Cs—O9 3.111 (4) B3—O5 1.433 (8)
Cs—O10 3.407 (11) B3—O6 1.493 (8)
Na—O4v 2.652 (5) B3—O9 1.480 (8)
Na—O5vi 2.431 (5) B4—O6 1.358 (8)
Na—O5 2.290 (5) B4—O7 1.340 (8)
Na—O6vi 2.457 (5) B4—O8 1.408 (9)
Na—O7vii 2.567 (5) B5—O4iii 1.340 (9)
Na—O8iv 2.563 (5) B5—O8 1.399 (8)
Na—O9 2.654 (5) B5—O9 1.366 (8)
Symmetry codes: (i) Mathematical equation; (ii) Mathematical equation; (iii) Mathematical equation; (iv) Mathematical equation; (v) Mathematical equation; (vi) Mathematical equation; (vii) Mathematical equation; (viii) Mathematical equation; (ix) Mathematical equation.
[Figure 1]
Figure 1
The [B5O10(OH)]6– building unit in (I) with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. [Symmetry codes: (iii) −x + Mathematical equation, y + Mathematical equation, z; (viii) −x + 1, y − Mathematical equation, −z + Mathematical equation; (ix) −x − Mathematical equation, y − Mathematical equation, z.]
[Figure 2]
Figure 2
Formation of anionic layers extending parallel to the ab plane.
[Figure 3]
Figure 3
The coordination polyhedra around Na+ and Cs+ cations.

A view of the crystal structure is given in Fig. 4[link]. The extended structure is consolidated by hydrogen-bonding inter­actions between the hy­droxy group (O1) and the water mol­ecule (O10), and between the water mol­ecule and the anionic framework (Table 2[link]).

Table 2
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A D—H H⋯A DA D—H⋯A
O1—H1⋯O10 0.91 1.90 2.683 (9) 143
O10—H10A⋯O3iii 0.87 2.35 3.173 (13) 157
O10—H10B⋯O2ii 0.87 1.95 2.796 (9) 165
Symmetry codes: (ii) Mathematical equation; (iii) Mathematical equation.
[Figure 4]
Figure 4
The crystal structure of (I) in a view along the a axis. Hydrogen-bonding inter­actions are shown as dashed lines; bonds to the cations are not shown for clarity.

3. Database survey

A search of the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD, version 5.6.0, updated January 2026; Zagorac et al., 2019View full citation) for alkali metal compounds with the [B5O8(OH)]2– anion returned seven hits: NaKB5O8(OH)·H2O (triclinic, PMathematical equation; Li et al., 2024View full citation), LiRbB5O8(OH)·H2O (monoclinic, P21/n: Shi et al., 2019View full citation), K2B5O8(OH)·2H2O (ortho­rhom­bic, Pna21; Shi et al., 2019View full citation), Rb2B5O8(OH) (ortho­rhom­bic, Pca21; Qiu et al., 2021View full citation), LiCsB5O8(OH)·H2O (monoclinic, P21/c; Chen et al., 2017View full citation), LiKB5O8(OH)·1.5H2O (ortho­rhom­bic, C2221; Li & Yang, 2019View full citation), and Na2B5O8(OH)·2H2O (ortho­rhom­bic, Pna21; Corazza et al., 1975View full citation, Wang et al., 2009View full citation). Compared with compound (I), the seven compounds adopt a similar layered structure and share the same [B5O10(OH)]6– building unit, but they contain different alkali metal ions and possess different space groups, making (I) unique.

4. Synthesis and crystallization

A mixture of H3BO3 (0.3710 g, 6 mmol), Cs2CO3 (0.3258 g, 1 mmol), NaBO2·4H2O (0.1378 g, 1 mmol), formic acid (0.25 ml) and ethanol (4 ml) was sealed in a 30 ml Teflon-lined autoclave at 453 K for 6 d and then cooled to room temperature. Colorless crystals of (I) were obtained by filtration, washed with distilled water, and dried in air.

5. Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 3[link]. H atoms bonded to O atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model [Ohydrox­yl—H = 0.91 Å and Owater—H = 0.87 Å, Uiso(H) = 1.5 Ueq(O)]. O10 of the water mol­ecule exhibits relatively large displacement parameters, suggesting the presence of potential positional disorder. In the current structure refinement, O10 was modeled as a single site.

Table 3
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula NaCsB5O8(OH)·H2O
Mr 372.97
Crystal system, space group Orthorhombic, Pbca
Temperature (K) 152
a, b, c (Å) 6.5803 (3), 11.2304 (6), 24.3738 (12)
V3) 1801.21 (15)
Z 8
Radiation type Mo Kα
μ (mm−1) 4.20
Crystal size (mm) 0.18 × 0.18 × 0.16
 
Data collection
Diffractometer Bruker APEXII CCD
Absorption correction Multi-scan (SADABS; Krause et al., 2015View full citation)
Tmin, Tmax 0.49, 0.51
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections 21866, 1643, 1228
Rint 0.125
(sin θ/λ)max−1) 0.602
 
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.041, 0.091, 1.02
No. of reflections 1643
No. of parameters 154
H-atom treatment H-atom parameters constrained
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) 1.14, −1.24
Computer programs: APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2014View full citation), SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2007View full citation), SHELXL (Sheldrick, 2015View full citation), OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009View full citation) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010View full citation).

Supporting information


Computing details top

Sodium caesium pentaborate hydroxide monohydrate top
Crystal data top
NaCsB5O8(OH)·H2ODx = 2.751 Mg m3
Mr = 372.97Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Orthorhombic, PbcaCell parameters from 3085 reflections
a = 6.5803 (3) Åθ = 3.3–24.8°
b = 11.2304 (6) ŵ = 4.20 mm1
c = 24.3738 (12) ÅT = 152 K
V = 1801.21 (15) Å3Block, colorless
Z = 80.18 × 0.18 × 0.16 mm
F(000) = 1392
Data collection top
Bruker APEXII CCD
diffractometer
1228 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Graphite monochromatorRint = 0.125
ω scansθmax = 25.3°, θmin = 3.3°
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SADABS; Krause et al., 2015)
h = 77
Tmin = 0.49, Tmax = 0.51k = 1313
21866 measured reflectionsl = 2929
1643 independent reflections
Refinement top
Refinement on F2Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: fullHydrogen site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.091 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0194P)2 + 20.4113P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.02(Δ/σ)max = 0.001
1643 reflectionsΔρmax = 1.14 e Å3
154 parametersΔρmin = 1.24 e Å3
0 restraints
Special details top

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.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/Ueq
Cs0.54972 (7)0.30565 (5)0.66570 (2)0.03814 (19)
Na0.2006 (4)0.1934 (2)0.48463 (11)0.0257 (6)
B10.0294 (12)0.1797 (6)0.6701 (3)0.0197 (16)
B20.1027 (11)0.1034 (6)0.5815 (3)0.0141 (16)
B30.0647 (11)0.3085 (6)0.5883 (3)0.0129 (14)
B40.0397 (12)0.5207 (6)0.5698 (3)0.0157 (15)
B50.3167 (11)0.4635 (6)0.5607 (3)0.0150 (16)
O10.9171 (9)0.6659 (5)0.7755 (2)0.0392 (15)
H10.9420460.5882860.7672680.059*
O20.0920 (7)0.2845 (4)0.64744 (18)0.0181 (10)
O30.0829 (7)0.0978 (4)0.64290 (18)0.0203 (11)
O40.0143 (6)0.0079 (4)0.56023 (18)0.0165 (10)
O50.0124 (6)0.2079 (4)0.55865 (16)0.0123 (9)
O60.0868 (6)0.4071 (4)0.58409 (19)0.0163 (10)
O70.1763 (6)0.6090 (4)0.56782 (18)0.0158 (10)
O80.1635 (7)0.5496 (4)0.5576 (2)0.0213 (11)
O90.2635 (7)0.3464 (4)0.56586 (18)0.0158 (10)
O100.946 (2)0.4776 (7)0.7082 (3)0.132 (5)
H10A0.8758610.5214560.6857010.198*
H10B1.0079840.4265600.6871300.198*
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Cs0.0248 (3)0.0548 (4)0.0349 (3)0.0060 (3)0.0028 (2)0.0119 (3)
Na0.0267 (15)0.0213 (14)0.0289 (15)0.0020 (13)0.0117 (12)0.0023 (13)
B10.029 (4)0.008 (3)0.022 (4)0.002 (3)0.002 (4)0.002 (3)
B20.019 (4)0.009 (3)0.015 (4)0.001 (3)0.001 (3)0.001 (3)
B30.013 (3)0.008 (3)0.017 (3)0.001 (3)0.005 (3)0.003 (3)
B40.017 (4)0.012 (4)0.018 (4)0.002 (3)0.003 (3)0.005 (3)
B50.019 (4)0.012 (4)0.014 (4)0.002 (3)0.001 (3)0.001 (3)
O10.065 (4)0.033 (3)0.019 (3)0.015 (3)0.017 (3)0.004 (2)
O20.021 (2)0.013 (2)0.020 (2)0.0034 (19)0.0026 (19)0.0007 (19)
O30.026 (3)0.015 (2)0.021 (2)0.007 (2)0.000 (2)0.003 (2)
O40.013 (2)0.011 (2)0.026 (2)0.0023 (18)0.002 (2)0.0011 (19)
O50.013 (2)0.010 (2)0.014 (2)0.0036 (18)0.0017 (17)0.0006 (18)
O60.010 (2)0.010 (2)0.029 (3)0.0003 (18)0.0034 (19)0.003 (2)
O70.010 (2)0.008 (2)0.029 (3)0.0007 (18)0.001 (2)0.0024 (19)
O80.013 (2)0.009 (2)0.042 (3)0.0019 (19)0.002 (2)0.005 (2)
O90.013 (2)0.010 (2)0.024 (2)0.0016 (18)0.002 (2)0.0010 (19)
O100.268 (15)0.052 (5)0.075 (6)0.006 (7)0.057 (8)0.033 (5)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Cs—B1i3.461 (8)Na—O7viii2.567 (5)
Cs—B53.470 (7)Na—O8iv2.563 (5)
Cs—O1ii3.110 (5)Na—O92.654 (5)
Cs—O23.054 (4)B1—O1ix1.382 (9)
Cs—O2i3.604 (4)B1—O21.363 (8)
Cs—O3i3.406 (5)B1—O31.353 (9)
Cs—O3iii3.335 (4)B2—O31.502 (8)
Cs—O4iii3.324 (4)B2—O41.474 (8)
Cs—O6i3.313 (4)B2—O51.429 (8)
Cs—O7iv3.356 (4)B2—O7x1.493 (8)
Cs—O93.111 (4)B3—O21.478 (8)
Cs—O103.407 (11)B3—O51.433 (8)
Cs—H10A3.2737B3—O61.493 (8)
Cs—H10B3.3482B3—O91.480 (8)
Na—Nav3.606 (2)B4—O61.358 (8)
Na—Navi3.606 (2)B4—O71.340 (8)
Na—B2v3.080 (8)B4—O81.408 (9)
Na—B32.975 (7)B5—O4iii1.340 (9)
Na—B3v2.983 (8)B5—O81.399 (8)
Na—O4vii2.652 (5)B5—O91.366 (8)
Na—O5v2.431 (5)O1—H10.9089
Na—O52.290 (5)O10—H10A0.8700
Na—O6v2.457 (5)O10—H10B0.8700
O1ii—Cs—O2i90.19 (13)O5—B2—O3112.8 (5)
O1ii—Cs—O3iii129.45 (12)O5—B2—O4113.3 (5)
O1ii—Cs—O3i75.20 (13)O5—B2—O7x106.4 (5)
O1ii—Cs—O4iii171.26 (12)O7x—B2—O3108.0 (5)
O1ii—Cs—O6i129.75 (14)O2—B3—O6106.4 (5)
O1ii—Cs—O7iv105.19 (12)O2—B3—O9107.8 (5)
O1ii—Cs—O9142.17 (14)O5—B3—O2113.0 (5)
O1ii—Cs—O1088.33 (19)O5—B3—O6108.3 (5)
O2—Cs—O1ii98.94 (14)O5—B3—O9110.7 (5)
O2—Cs—O2i162.45 (15)O9—B3—O6110.6 (5)
O2—Cs—O3iii96.71 (11)O6—B4—O8119.2 (6)
O2—Cs—O3i128.53 (11)O7—B4—O6123.4 (6)
O2—Cs—O4iii82.37 (11)O7—B4—O8117.4 (6)
O2—Cs—O6i130.64 (11)O4iii—B5—O8122.2 (6)
O2—Cs—O7iv95.17 (11)O4iii—B5—O9118.7 (6)
O2—Cs—O945.61 (12)O9—B5—O8119.1 (6)
O2—Cs—O10147.53 (19)B1xi—O1—Csxii138.7 (4)
O3i—Cs—O2i39.82 (10)B1xi—O1—Csxi78.1 (4)
O3iii—Cs—O2i88.83 (11)B1xi—O1—H1105.9
O3iii—Cs—O3i126.91 (7)Cs—O2—Csxiii162.45 (15)
O3iii—Cs—O7iv120.85 (11)B1—O2—Csxiii73.0 (4)
O3i—Cs—O1083.94 (19)B1—O2—Cs107.8 (4)
O3iii—Cs—O1056.14 (19)B1—O2—B3121.0 (5)
O4iii—Cs—O2i90.89 (10)B3—O2—Cs104.4 (3)
O4iii—Cs—O3i110.81 (11)B3—O2—Csxiii89.3 (3)
O4iii—Cs—O3iii41.92 (11)Csiv—O3—Csxiii133.91 (14)
O4iii—Cs—O7iv83.23 (11)B1—O3—Csxiii80.9 (4)
O4iii—Cs—O1086.08 (18)B1—O3—Csiv123.5 (4)
O6i—Cs—O2i39.98 (10)B1—O3—B2120.4 (5)
O6i—Cs—O3iii60.94 (11)B2—O3—Csxiii94.1 (3)
O6i—Cs—O3i68.00 (10)B2—O3—Csiv102.3 (3)
O6i—Cs—O4iii50.92 (10)Navii—O4—Csiv77.98 (12)
O6i—Cs—O7iv67.69 (10)B2—O4—Csiv103.5 (3)
O6i—Cs—O1055.57 (16)B2—O4—Navii129.0 (4)
O7iv—Cs—O2i67.85 (10)B5iv—O4—Csiv84.8 (4)
O7iv—Cs—O3i42.00 (11)B5iv—O4—Navii105.3 (4)
O7iv—Cs—O10113.51 (17)B5iv—O4—B2125.7 (5)
O9—Cs—O2i120.84 (11)Na—O5—Navi99.56 (15)
O9—Cs—O3iii76.38 (11)B2—O5—Na120.2 (4)
O9—Cs—O3i113.76 (11)B2—O5—Navi102.8 (4)
O9—Cs—O4iii42.26 (11)B2—O5—B3126.7 (5)
O9—Cs—O6i85.23 (11)B3—O5—Na103.7 (4)
O9—Cs—O7iv72.01 (11)B3—O5—Navi97.7 (4)
O9—Cs—O10128.16 (18)Navi—O6—Csxiii80.81 (13)
O4vii—Na—O9152.63 (17)B3—O6—Csxiii100.7 (3)
O5—Na—O4vii95.63 (17)B3—O6—Navi94.9 (3)
O5v—Na—O4vii122.56 (17)B4—O6—Csxiii129.9 (4)
O5—Na—O5v141.70 (14)B4—O6—Navi112.7 (4)
O5—Na—O6v156.68 (19)B4—O6—B3124.2 (5)
O5v—Na—O6v58.07 (15)Naviii—O7—Csiii78.48 (12)
O5—Na—O7viii107.02 (17)B2xiv—O7—Csiii96.3 (3)
O5v—Na—O7viii55.78 (14)B2xiv—O7—Naviii95.0 (3)
O5v—Na—O8iv108.50 (17)B4—O7—Csiii107.2 (4)
O5—Na—O8iv73.26 (16)B4—O7—Naviii134.4 (4)
O5—Na—O957.44 (15)B4—O7—B2xiv127.9 (5)
O5v—Na—O984.67 (16)B4—O8—Naiii128.6 (4)
O6v—Na—O4vii67.76 (15)B5—O8—Naiii102.8 (4)
O6v—Na—O7viii95.33 (16)B5—O8—B4120.9 (5)
O6v—Na—O8iv89.14 (17)Na—O9—Cs125.63 (16)
O6v—Na—O9135.81 (18)B3—O9—Cs101.8 (3)
O7viii—Na—O4vii116.43 (17)B3—O9—Na87.2 (3)
O7viii—Na—O979.70 (15)B5—O9—Cs93.3 (4)
O8iv—Na—O4vii87.28 (16)B5—O9—Na126.5 (4)
O8iv—Na—O7viii155.80 (18)B5—O9—B3122.5 (5)
O8iv—Na—O980.57 (16)Cs—O10—Csxv95.6 (2)
O2—B1—O1ix114.1 (6)Csxv—O10—H10A156.6
O3—B1—O1ix122.2 (6)Cs—O10—H10A73.9
O3—B1—O2123.6 (6)Cs—O10—H10B78.8
O4—B2—O3106.3 (5)Csxv—O10—H10B93.4
O4—B2—O7x109.9 (5)H10A—O10—H10B104.5
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z; (ii) x+3/2, y1/2, z; (iii) x+1/2, y+1/2, z; (iv) x+1/2, y1/2, z; (v) x+1/2, y+1/2, z+1; (vi) x1/2, y+1/2, z+1; (vii) x, y, z+1; (viii) x, y+1, z+1; (ix) x+1, y1/2, z+3/2; (x) x1/2, y1/2, z; (xi) x+1, y+1/2, z+3/2; (xii) x+3/2, y+1/2, z; (xiii) x1, y, z; (xiv) x1/2, y+1/2, z; (xv) x+1/2, y, z+3/2.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
O1—H1···O100.911.902.683 (9)143
O10—H10A···O3iii0.872.353.173 (13)157
O10—H10B···O2i0.871.952.796 (9)165
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z; (iii) x+1/2, y+1/2, z.
 

Funding information

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21975224).

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