Structures and phase transitions of [(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>As]<sub>2</sub>CoCl<sub>4</sub> and [(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>As]<sub>2</sub>ZnCl<sub>4</sub>
作者:F. J. Zúñiga、M. J. Cabezudo、G. Madariaga、M. R. Pressprich、M. R. Bond、R. D. Willett
DOI:10.1107/s0108768190013374
日期:1991.6.1
Two phase transitions of bis(tetramethylarsonium) tetrachlorocobaltate(II), [(CH3)4As]2CoCl4, and bis(tetramethylarsonium) tetrachlorozincate(II), [(CH3)4As]2ZnCl4, have been identified by calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. The compounds, isostructural with each other, have unusual tetragonal structures when compared with other compounds of the same A2BX4 family. The structures at room temperature consist of layers of MCl42- tetrahedral anions stacked perpendicular to the c direction and alternating with layers of (CH3)4As+ tetrahedral cations. The average structure of this phase has space-group symmetry 14(1)/a (Z = 8). Data at 293 K: [(CH3)4As]2CoCl4, M(r) = 470.6, tetragonal, P4(2)/mbc, a = 17.831 (2), c = 25.20 (1) angstrom, V = 8011 (4) angstrom 3, Z = 16, D(m) = 1.54 (2), D(x) = 1.56 g cm-3, lambda(Mo K-alpha) = 0.7107 angstrom, mu = 31.17 cm-1, F(000) = 3728, R = 0.037 for 1318 independent observed [I > 3-sigma-(I)] reflections; [(CH3)4As]2ZnCl4, M(r) = 477.3, tetragonal, P4(2)/mbc, a = 17.824 (2), c = 25.209 (3) angstrom, V = 8008 (2) angstrom 3, Z = 16, D(x) = 1.58 g cm-3, lambda-(Cu K-alpha) = 1.54178 angstrom, mu = 103.3 cm-1, F(000) = 3776, R = 0.096 for 1821 independent observed [I > 1.5-sigma-(I)] reflections. In the low-temperature range of the intermediate phase, the diffraction pattern of [(CH3)4As]2CoCl4 shows satellite reflections which disappear before the next transition. It is unclear whether they are attributable to incommensurate modulation, twinning, or a combination of both effects.