Re
d-brown crystals of a new mixe
d alkali oxo sulfato vana
dium(V) compoun
d Na
2K
6(VO)
2(SO
4)
7, suitable for X-ray
determination, have been obtaine
d from the catalytically important binary molten salt system M
2S
2O
7-V
2O
5 (M =80% K an
d 20% Na). By slow cooling of a mixture with the mole fraction
XV2O5 = 0.24 from 325
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dus temperature, to the soli
dus temperature of aroun
d 300
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deg.gif">C, a
dark re
ddish amorphous phase wasobtaine
d containing crystals of the earlier
describe
d V(V)-V(IV) mixe
d valence compoun
d K
6(VO)
4(SO
4)
8 an
d Na
2K
6(VO)
2(SO
4)
7 describe
d here. This compoun
d crystallizes in the tetragonal space group
P4
32
12 (No. 96) with
a =9.540(3) Å,
c = 29.551(5) Å at 20
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d Z = 4. It contains a
distorte
d VO
6 octahe
dron with a short V-O bon
dof 1.552(6) Å, a long one of 2.276(5) Å trans to this, an
d four equatorial V-O bon
ds in the range 1.881(6)-1.960(6) Å. The
deformation of the VO
6 octahe
dron is less pronounce
d compare
d to that of the known oxo sulfato V(V)compoun
ds. Each VO
3+ group is coor
dinate
d to five sulfate groups of which two are uni
dentately coor
dinate
d an
dthree are bi
dentate bri
dging to neighboring VO
3+ groups. The length of the S-O bon
ds in the S-O-V bri
dges ofthe two uni
dentately coor
dinate
d sulfato groups are 1.551(6) Å an
d 1.568(6) Å, respectively, which are unusuallylong compare
d to our earlier measurements of sulfate groups in other V(III), V(IV), an
d V(V) compoun
ds.