LiSb3O8: the first tetrarutile structureElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Fig. 2: experimental, calculated and difference XRD profiles. Table 3: bond lengths and selected bond angles for LiSb3O8. Table 4: oxygen–oxygen distances in LiSb3O8. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b005915n/

Abstract

The new phase, LiSb₃O₈, synthesised by solid state reaction at 900 °C, has an ordered rutile structure with 1∶3 cation order and monoclinic symmetry: a = 10.2578(9), b = 4.7063(3), c = 5.6017(5) Å, β = 96.467(7)°, space group P2₁/a.