Synthesis, structure, and characterization of a new one-dimensional tellurite phosphate, Ba2TeO(PO4)2

A new one-dimensional tellurite phosphate, Ba2TeO(PO4)2 has been synthesized by standard solid-state reaction techniques using BaCO3, TeO2, and (NH4)H2PO4 as reagents. The structure of Ba2TeO(PO4)2 was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Ba2TeO(PO4)2 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 (No. 2), with image, image, image, image, image, image, image, and image. Ba2TeO(PO4)2 has a novel one-dimensional chain structure that is composed of PO4 tetrahedra and TeO5 polyhedra. Te4+ cations are in asymmetric coordination environments attributable to their lone pairs. The lone pairs on the Te4+ cations point in the [100] and [−100] direction and interact with the Ba2+ cations. Infrared, Raman, and UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and dipole moment calculations are also presented.