✍ Scribed by B. Kriworuschenko; V. Kahlenberg
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Single crystals of Ca 2 FeO 3 Cl have been obtained as a by product during single crystal growth experiments of calcium ferrates from a CaCl 2 flux. The reddish-brown optically uni-axial crystals adopt the tetragonal space group P4/nmm with a = 3.8381(4) Å and c = 13.685(2) Å and Z = 2 formula units per cell. The structure has been determined from a single crystal diffraction data set collected at room conditions and refined to final residual R(|F|) = 0.053 for 163 observed independent reflections with I > 2σ(I). Ca 2 FeO 3 Cl belongs to the structure family of the Ruddlesden-Popper series with n = 1, which is also referred to as the K 2 NiF 4 -type. Main building units are layers of perovskite type corner connected FeO 5 Cl-octahedra perpendicular to [001]. The two crystallographically independent calcium ions are located between the octahedral layers and are coordinated by nine ligands each: Ca1 (4×O + 5×Cl) and Ca2 (9×O). Following prior studies Ca 2 FeO 3 Cl crystallizes in space group P4. However, the present investigation shows clearly that this assignment is incorrect and that the compound has been described in an unnecessarily low symmetry.
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