Sodium dipotassium citrate, NaK2C6H5O7
The crystal structure of sodium dipotassium citrate, Na+·2K+·C6H5O73−, has been solved and refined using laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional techniques. The Na+and one of the K+cations are six-coordinate, with bond-valence sums of 1.13 and 0.92 valence units, respectively, while another crystallographically independent K+cation is seven-coordinate with a bond-valence sum of 1.20. The [KO6] and [KO7] polyhedra share edges and corners to form layers perpendicular to thebaxis. The distorted [NaO6] octahedra share edges to form chains along theaaxis. The result is a three-dimensional network. The only O—H...O hydrogen bond is an intramolecular one between the hydroxy group and a terminal carboxylate group.