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Schwinghammer, Vanessa F. ; Khan, Saleem A. ; Tiefenthaler, Susanne M. ; Kovářík, Tomáš ; Minár, Ján ; Gärtner, Stefanie

Approaching Hypothetical RbTl in Experiments and Theory – X-ray Structure Determination of Cs1–xRbxTl (x = 0.18, 0.42) and a Solid Solution K1–xRbxTl (x ≤ 0.69)

Schwinghammer, Vanessa F., Khan, Saleem A., Tiefenthaler, Susanne M., Kovářík, Tomáš , Minár, Ján and Gärtner, Stefanie (2025) Approaching Hypothetical RbTl in Experiments and Theory – X-ray Structure Determination of Cs1–xRbxTl (x = 0.18, 0.42) and a Solid Solution K1–xRbxTl (x ≤ 0.69). Inorganic Chemistry.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 04 Apr 2025 17:27
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.76510


Abstract

Although the binary alkali metal thallides ATl with A = Li, Na, K, and Cs have been reported in the literature, binary RbTl at ambient pressure is still missing. Experiments with a 1:1 ratio of Rb:Tl, either according to Zintl’s procedure in low-temperature experiments in liquid ammonia or classical solid-state synthesis at high temperature, did not result in the desired product. Therefore, ...

Although the binary alkali metal thallides ATl with A = Li, Na, K, and Cs have been reported in the literature, binary RbTl at ambient pressure is still missing. Experiments with a 1:1 ratio of Rb:Tl, either according to Zintl’s procedure in low-temperature experiments in liquid ammonia or classical solid-state synthesis at high temperature, did not result in the desired product. Therefore, several ternary compositions with mixtures of K/Rb and Cs/Rb have been prepared. For K/Rb mixtures, a solid solution in the KTl structure type, up to a proportion of 69% rubidium, could be obtained. Site occupancy preferences for rubidium on the alkali metal sites in the KTl type are observed in experiments and supported by theoretical calculations. In contrast to Rb/K mixtures being realizable in the KTl structure type, Rb/Cs mixtures did not allow for the isolation of materials according to the CsTl structure type. Instead, two new monoclinic compounds could be isolated (Cs0.82Rb0.18Tl: C2/c, a = 14.4136(4) Å, b = 11.1678(3) Å, c = 40.8013(11) Å, β = 96.353(2)°, V = 6527.4(3) Å3; Cs0.58Rb0.42Tl: C2/c, a = 14.2610(3) Å, b = 11.1116(2) Å, c = 27.5589(7) Å, β = 104.056(2)°, V = 4236.30(17) Å3). Detailed DFT calculations on both binary and mixed cation systems were performed and support the experimental results.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleInorganic Chemistry
Publisher:American Chemical Society (ACS)
Open Access Type:ACS Hybrid
Date3 April 2025
InstitutionsChemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Anorganische Chemie > Arbeitskreis Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Korber
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Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (468336522)
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10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c05305DOI
KeywordsAlkali metals; Cesium; Crystal structure; Energy; Potassium
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-765108
Item ID76510

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