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Some Experimental Evidence that Zn 4 O(BO 3 ) 2 is Zn 6 O(OH)(BO 3 ) 3
Author(s) -
Delahaye Thibaud,
Boucher Florent,
Paris Michaël,
Joubert Olivier,
Caldes Mayté,
Piffard Yves
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200503999
Subject(s) - zinc , boron , crystallography , hydrogen , oxygen , materials science , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , physics , metallurgy , nuclear physics , organic chemistry
A combination of techniques show that the so‐called zincoborate “Zn 4 O(BO 3 ) 2 ” is in fact a zinc oxyhydroxyborate. The presence of hydrogen in the structure explains the constriction of the O(3)⋅⋅⋅O(3) distance through it being straddled by an OH⋅⋅⋅O bridge and rules out the hypothesis of oxygen vacancies in the environment of boron.