Sin
gle crystals of disilver(I) monofluorophosphate(V), A
g2PO
3F (
1), were obtained by slow evaporation of a dilutedaqueous A
g2PO
3F solution. Compound
1 adopts a new structure type and crystallizes in the monoclinic space
group
C2/
c with ei
ght formula units and lattice parameters of
a = 9.2456(8) &Arin
g;,
b = 5.5854(5) &Arin
g;,
c = 14.7840(13)&Arin
g;, and
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1 [R(
F2 &
gt; 2
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F2 all) = 0.0665] is composed ofthree crystallo
graphically independent A
g+ cations and PO
3F
2- anions as sin
gle buildin
g units. The oxy
gen environmentaround each of the A
g+ cations is different, with one A
g+ in distorted octahedral (
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g-O) = 2.553 &Arin
g;), one innearly rectan
gular (
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g-O) = 2.445 &Arin
g;), and one in distorted tetrahedral (
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g-O) = 2.399 &Arin
g;) coordination.Additional A
g-F contacts to more remote F atoms located at distances &
gt;2.80 &Arin
g; au
gment the coordination polyhedrafor the two latter A
g+ cations. The monofluorophosphate anion deviates sli
ghtly from
C3v symmetry and exhibits thecharacteristic differences in bond len
gths, with a mean of 1.510 &Arin
g; for the P-O bonds and one considerably lon
gerP-F bond of 1.575(2) &Arin
g;. Compound
1 was further characterized by vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and IR) andsolid-state
19F,
31P, and
109A
g MAS NMR spectroscopy. The value for the isotropic one-bond P-F couplin
g constantin
1 is
1JPF = -1045 Hz. Thermal analysis (TG, DSC) revealed a reversible phase transition at 308
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ge of
1. Under release of POF
3, A
g4P
2O
7 and A
g3PO
4 are the thermaldecomposition products at temperatures above 450
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