Open AccessCaesium sodium bis(formate)
Author(s) -
Alcock Nathaniel W.,
Wilson Michael P.,
Rodger P. Mark
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section e
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1600-5368
DOI - 10.1107/s1600536806003047
Subject(s) - caesium , formate , sodium formate , ion , sodium , chemistry , crystallization , inorganic chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , catalysis
The title compound, CsNa(CHO 2 ) 2 , was obtained from the crystallization of caesium formate in a glass container. It has a complex structure, with sodium ions octahedrally coordinated and caesium ions irregularly eight‐coordinated by the formate O atoms. One Cs cation and four formate C atoms have site symmetry m and one Na cation has site symmetry , resulting in the unusual situation of Z = 12 for an orthorhombic structure.