Hydrothermal synthesis of single crystals of Mg2[Be3(PO4)3(OH)]·6H2O; the one-dimensionally infinite, chiral, polar polyanion [Be3(PO4)3(OH)]n4 n–
Abstract
Single crystals of Mg2[Be3(PO4)3(OH)]·6H2O are grown hydrothermally and characterized by X-ray structure analysis, which proves BeO3(OH) and PO4 tetrahedra are linked by common corners to establish a one-dimensionally infinite, chiral, polar polynion of composition [Be3(PO4)3(OH)]n4 n– with nearly 1 nm diameter extending parallel to [001].