Structure and characterization of KSc(BH4)4
(2010) Journal of Physical Chemistry C — Vol. 114, n° 45, p. 19540-19549 (2010)
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- A new potassium scandium borohydride, KSc(BH4)4, is presented and characterized by a combination of in situ synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, and vibrational and NMR spectroscopy. The title compound, KSc(BH4)4, forms at ambient conditions in ball milled mixtures of potassium borohydride and ScCl3 together with a new ternary chloride K3ScCl6, which is also structurally characterized. This indicates that the formation of KSc(BH4)4 differs from a simple metathesis reaction, and the highest scandium borohydride yield (∼31 mol %) can be obtained with a reactant ratio KBH4:ScCl3 of 2:1. KSc(BH4) 4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system, a = 11.856(5), b = 7.800(3), c) 10.126(6) Å, V = 936.4(8) Å3 at RT, with the space group symmetry Pnma. KSc(BH4)4 has a BaSO 4 type structure where the BH4 tetrahedra take the oxygen positions. Regarding the packing of cations, K+, and complex anions, [Sc(BH4)4]-, the structure of KSc(BH 4)4 can be seen as a distorted variant of orthorhombic neptunium, Np, metal. Thermal expansion of KSc(BH4)4 in the temperature range RT to 405 K is anisotropic, and the lattice parameter b shows strong nonlinearity upon approaching the melting temperature. The vibrational and NMR spectra are consistent with the structural model, and previous investigations of the related compounds ASc(BH4)4 with A = Li, Na. KSc(BH4)4 is stable from RT up to ∼405 K, where the compound melts and then releases hydrogen in two rapid steps approximately at 460-500 K and 510-590 K. The hydrogen release involves the formation of KBH4, which reacts with K3ScCl 6 and forms a solid solution, K(BH4)1-xCl x. The ternary potassium scandium chloride K3ScCl 6 observed in all samples has a monoclinic structure at room temperature, P21/a, a) 12.729(3), b = 7.367(2), c = 12.825(3) Å, β = 109.22(2)°, V = 1135.6(4) Å3, which is isostructural to K3MoCl6. The monoclinic polymorph transforms to cubic at 635 K, a = 10.694 Å (based on diffraction data measured at 769 K), which is isostructural to the high temperature phase of K3YCl6. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
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ESRF, Grenoble (France) Chimie
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Cerný, R., Ravnsbæk, D. B., Severa, G., Filinchuk, Y., D’Anna, V., Hagemann, H., Haase, D., Skibsted, J., Jensen, C. M., & Jensen, T. R. (2010). Structure and characterization of KSc(BH4)4. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(45), 19540-19549. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp106280v (Original work published 2010)