Solvothermal Synthesis and Crystal Structure Determination of Tris- (ethyleneamine-ammonium) Tetraselenoantimonat: Non-Centrosymmetry Mediated by an Extended Unusual N-H···N Hydrogen Bonded Network?
AbstractThe title compound has been synthesized under solvothermal conditions by the reaction of elemental chromium, antimony and selenium in a solution of 40% 1,2-ethanediamine (en) in methanol. The crystal structure consists of tetrahedral SbSe43- anions which are connected by monoprotonated 1,2-ethanediamine (enH+) cations via N-H--Se hydrogen bonding. The enH+ cations are joined via strong N-H -N hydrogen bonds between the ammonium hydrogen and the amino nitrogen atom forming four distinct chains, each built up of three crystallographically independent enH+ cations. Two of these chains are running parallel to [100], the other two are parallel to [010]. Based on this arrangement different centrosymmetric or non-centrosymmetric hydrogen bonding patterns are possible, but only in one chain the sequence of NH2 and NH3+ groups was determined by X-ray diffraction