Materials Data on Sn(PO3)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

SnOP2O5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Sn2+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SnO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four PO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Sn–O bond distances ranging from 2.26–2.47 Å. There are two inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO4 tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent PO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.51–1.62 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO4 tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent PO4 tetrahedra. There is two shorter (1.50 Å) and two longer (1.63 Å) P–O bond length. There are six inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Sn2+ and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two P5+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to one Sn2+ and one P5+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Sn2+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Sn2+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to two P5+ atoms.