Structure of alkaline-earth pentafluoroantimonates(III), MSbF5(M=Sr, Ba)

Strontium pentafluoroantimonate(III), SrSbF5, Mr=304.36, orthorhombic, Pbcm, a=4.378 (1), b=8.853 (3), c=11.233 (4) A, V=435.4 (3) A3, Z=4, Dm=4.60, Dx=4.64 Mg m-3, Mo Kα, λ=0.71069 A, μ=18.9 mm-1, F(000)=536, T=298 K, R=0.028 for 596 independent reflections with I>3α(I). Barium pentafluoroantimonate(III), BaSbF5, Mr=354.08, orthorhombic, Pbcm, a=4.676 (1), b=9.313 (2), c=11.213 (3) A, V=488.3 (2) A3, Z=4, Dm=4.77, Dx=4.82 Mg m-3, Mo Kα, λ=0.71069 A, μ=13.6 mm-1, F(000)=608, T=298 K, R=0.015 for 914 independent reflections with I>3σ(I). SrSbF5 and BaSbF5 are isostructural compounds. The three-dimensional network consists of isolated SbF52- units which are connected by ten-coordinated alkaline-earth ions Sr2+ or Ba2+. The geometry of these pentafluoroantimonate ions is approximately square pyramidal with the Sb atom outside the pyramid, below the four F atoms constituting the basal plane. (orig.)D