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Hg 2 (OH)[BF 4 ], the First Basic Mercurous Tetrafluoroborate
Author(s) -
Göbbels Dirk,
Meyer Gerd
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.200300071
Subject(s) - tetrafluoroborate , orthorhombic crystal system , chemistry , mercury (programming language) , inorganic chemistry , oxide , crystal structure , single crystal , crystallography , catalysis , organic chemistry , ionic liquid , computer science , programming language
The first basic mercurous tetrafluoroborate, Hg 2 (OH)[BF 4 ], was obtained through a synproportionation reaction of red mercuric oxide, HgO, and elemental mercury in a 35% solution of HBF 4 in water as colourless single crystals. The crystal structure (orthorhombic, Pbca, Z = 8, a = 985.0(1), b = 991.0(1), c = 1141.0(2) pm) contains [(HO) 1/2 —Hg—Hg—(OH) 1/2 ] + zig‐zag chains that are further connected via weak Hg—OH interchain interactions to layers between which the [BF 4 ] — are located in an up and down fashion.