Three new molybdenum(VI) arsenate hydrates,Cs
2Mo
2O
5As
2O
7·H
2O(
1),Cs
2Mo
2O
5(HAsO
4)
2·H
2O(
2), and Cs
4Mo
6O
18(H
2O)(HAsO
4)
2·2.5H
2O(
3), have been prepared and structurally characterized bysingle-crystal X-raydiffraction, thermal analysis, and IR spectroscopy. Crystaldata:
1, monoclinic,
P2
1/
c a = 7.9783(5)Å,
b =10.7837(6) Å,
c = 15.5213(9) Å,
=93.594(1)
, and
Z = 4;
2, triclinic,
P,
a = 7.8165(2) Å,
b= 9.8902(3)Å,
c = 11.0401(3) Å,
= 63.814(1)
,
= 70.475(1)
,
= 72.655(1)
,
Z = 2;
3, monoclinic,
P2
1/
n,
a = 8.0345(1) Å,
b = 20.0364(4) Å,
c =19.5941(3) Å,
= 92.296(1)
,
Z = 4.Crystal
1 adopts an open frameworkstructure which contains vertex-sharing bioctahedralMo
2O
11 units linked byAs
2O
74- groups toform intersectingtunnels where Cs
+ cations and water molecules reside.Crystals
2 and
3 are composed of thediscrete clusteranions,[Mo
4O
10(HAsO
4)
4]
4-and[Mo
6O
18(H
2O)(HAsO
4)
2]
4-,respectively. These anions are held in space viathe interactions with Cs
+ cations and hydrogen bonds.Thermal studies showed both crystals
2 and
3are transformedinto
1 upon prolonged heating. It exhibits the firstexperimental evidence that a metal diarsenate frameworkcanbe converted thermally from hydrogen arsenate-containing polyanions.The three compounds are the first membersprepared in the Cs/Mo
VI/As
V/Osystem.