Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic property of a new nickel selenite chloride: Ni5(SeO3)4Cl2

The new nickel selenite chloride, Ni5(SeO3)4Cl2, was obtained by high-temperature solid state reaction of NiCl2, Ni2O3 and SeO2 in a 1:2:4 molar ratio at 700 °C in an evacuated quartz tube. Its structure was established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Ni5(SeO3)4Cl2 crystallizes in the triclinic system, space group P-1 (No. 2) with cell parameters of a=8.076(2), b=9.288(2), c=9.376(2) Å, α=101.97(3), image, image and image. All nickel(II) ions in Ni5(SeO3)4Cl2 are octahedrally coordinated by selenite oxygens or/and chloride anions (([Ni(1)O5Cl], [Ni(2)O4Cl2], [Ni(3)O5Cl], [Ni(4)O6] and [Ni(5)O4Cl]). The structure of the title compound features a condensed three-dimensional (3D) network built by Ni(II) ions interconnected by SeO32− anions as well as Cl− anions. Magnetic property measurements show strong antiferromagnetic interaction between nickel(II) ions.