Premium
Anhydrous Mercurous Chlorate, Hg 2 (ClO 3 ) 2
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.200300299
Subject(s) - anhydrous , chlorate , chemistry , monoclinic crystal system , mercury (programming language) , inorganic chemistry , crystal structure , oxide , nuclear chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language
Abstract Colourless single crystals of the anhydrous mercurous chlorate were grown from a solution of mercuric oxide (HgO) in chloric acid (HClO 3 ) in the presence of elemental mercury. The crystal structure (monoclinic, P2 1 /n, Z = 4, a = 816.59(12), b = 641.02(5), c = 1290.3(2) pm, β = 97.506(12)°, R(all) = 0.0317) contains trans‐O 2 ClO‐Hg‐Hg‐OClO 2 molecules with a Hg‐Hg distance of 251.03(4) pm, Hg‐O (bond) distances of 218 and 224 pm and Hg‐Hg‐O angles of 177 and 165°, respectively.