Crystals of lead oxychloride Pb
13O
10Cl
6 have been synthesized on the basis of high-temperature solid-state reactions. The Pb
13O
10Cl
6 structure was studied using X-ray single-crystal diffraction analysis. The compound is monoclinic, and the space group is
C2/
c; the unit-cell dimensions are
a = 16.1699(14),
b = 7.0086(6),
c = 23.578(2) Å, β = 97.75°, and
V = 2647.6(4) Å
3. The structure has been solved by direct methods and refined to
R
1 = 0.0505 for 2671 observed unique reflections. The structure is a 3D framework consisting of OPb
4 tetrahedrons. Chlorine atoms are located in the framework channels. The structure contains seven symmetrically independent
Pb atoms, which are coordinated by 2 to 4 O
2− and 2 to 4 Cl
− anions. The synthesized compound is compared with other natural and synthetic lead oxyhalides.
Original Russian Text © O.I. Siidra, S.V. Krivovichev, W. Depmeier, 2007, published in Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo
Obshchestva, 2007, Pt CXXXVI, No. 2, pp. 79–89.