Potassium, Cesium, and Ammonium Peroxogermanates with Inorganic Hexanuclear Peroxo Bridged Germanium Anion Isolated from Aqueous Solution

  • Alexander G. Medvedev
  • , Alexey A. Mikhaylov
  • , Andrei V. Churakov
  • , Mikhail V. Vener
  • , Tatiana A. Tripol'skaya
  • , Shmuel Cohen
  • , Ovadia Lev*
  • , Petr V. Prikhodchenko
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Potassium (K6[Ge6(μ-OO)6(μ-O)6(OH)6]·14H2O, 1), cesium ammonium (Cs4.2(NH4)1.8[Ge6(μ-OO)6(μ-O)6(OH)6]·8H2O, 2), and potassium ammonium (K2.4(NH4)3.6[Ge6(μ-OO)6(μ-O)6(OH)6]·6H2O, 3) peroxogermanates were isolated from 3% hydrogen peroxide aqueous solutions of the corresponding hydroxogermanates and characterized by single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction studies and by Raman spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The crystal structure of all three compounds consists of cations of potassium and/or ammonium and cesium, water molecules, and centrosymmetric hexanuclear peroxogermanate anion [Ge6(μ-OO)6(μ-O)6(OH)6]6- with six μ-oxo- and six μ-peroxo groups. Peroxogermanates demonstrate relatively high thermal stability: the peroxide remains in the structure even after water release after heating to 100-120 C. DFT calculations of the peroxogermanate [Ge6(μ-OO)6(μ-O)6(OH)6]6- anion confirm its higher thermodynamic stability compared to the hydroperoxo- and oxogermanate analogues. (Chemical Equation Presented).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8058-8065
Number of pages8
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume54
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Aug 2015

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