Edge tetrahedra

Fig. 4.5 Weathering reactions at the surface of a feldspar (after Raiswell et al. 1980). (a) Broken bonds become protonated by H+ dissociated from carbonic acid and ionic-bonded Ca2+ is released to solution, (b) Protonated lattice, (c) Further severing of ionic bonds causes complete protonation of the edge tetrahedron, (d) Edge tetrahedron is completely removed to solution as HiSith.

Be40(02CCH3)e. The acetate is typical of the basic beryllium carboxylates (Be(OH)2 plus ethanoic acid). The structures have O at the centre of a tetrahedron of Be with carb-oxylate spanning each edge of the tetrahedron. Be(02CCH3)2 is formed from BeCl2 and glacial ethanoic acid. 

Structures of heteropolytungstate and isopolytungstate compounds have been determined by x-ray diffraction. The anion stmctures are represented by polyhedra that share corners and edges with one another. Each W is at the center of an octahedron, and an O atom is located in each vertex of the octahedron. The central atom is similarly located at the center of an XO tetrahedron or XO octahedron. Each such polyhedron containing the central atom is generally surrounded by octahedra, which share corners, edges, or both with it and with one another. Thus, the correct total number of... 

Antimony Trioxide. Antimony(III) oxide (antimony sesquioxide) [1309-64-4] Sb203, is dimorphic, existing in an orthorhombic modification valentinite [1317-98-2] is colorless (sp gr 5.67) and exists in a cubic form and senarmontite [12412-52-17, Sb O, is also colorless (sp gr 5.2). The cubic modification is stable at temperatures below 570°C and consists of discrete Sb O molecules. The molecule is similar to that of P40 and As O and consists of a bowed tetrahedron having antimony atoms at each corner united by oxygen atoms lying in front of the edges. This solid crystallizes in a diamond lattice with an Sb O molecule at each carbon position. 

The thiohalides MoSX are diamagnetic (269). In Mo4S4Br4, molybdenum transfers 12 electrons to the anions, and 12 electrons remain for the cluster M04, forming a doublet for each edge of the M04 tetrahedron (269). The diamagnetism of the compounds of the type MogCligSe can be interpreted in a similar way (273) from structure considerations. These compounds have been found to be dielectric (273). 

The telluride halides crystallize in monoclinic lattices, but only In-TeBr and InTel are isotypic 162). InTeCl forms a layer type of structure, as do InSCl and its analogs, but, owing to the size of the Te atom and the enhanced covalency of the In-Te bond, only a coordination number of 4 for indium is realized. The structure is built up of strongly distorted, InTesraCli/j tetrahedra that share the corners and edges occupied by Te atoms. The Cl atoms are coordinated to one tetrahedron each, and do not take part in the layer formation 324, 325). 

In AU(,(dppp)4(NO,)2, there is a tetrahedron of four Au atoms and an Au bridge between two opposite edges" (VII) ... 

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