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Journal Article | PUBDB-2023-07614 |
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2023
Soc.
Cambridge
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1039/D3CC03324D
Abstract: The inorganic pyrocarbonate salt Ba[C$_2$O$_5$] contains twisted pyrocarbonate anions ([C$_2$O$_5$]$^{2−}$), an atomic arrangement previously not observed in other pyrocarbonates. This unexpected additional structural degree of freedom points towards an enlarged chemical variability in this novel group of compounds. Ba[C$_2$O$_5$] was synthesized in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell at 30(2) GPa by heating a mixture of Ba[CO$_3$] + CO$_2$ to ≈ 1500(200) K. Its crystal structure was solved from single crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction data and confirmed by density functional theory-based calculations. The two planar [CO$_3$]$^{2−}$-groups of the [C$_2$O$_5$]$^{2−}$-anion are strongly twisted around the bridging oxygen atom. Ba[C$_2$O$_5$] has been observed in the pressure range of 5–30 GPa, where its symmetry is $P6/m$ with $Z=$12.
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