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The first alkali metal hydroxide-ammoniate, cesium hydroxide-ammoniate (1:1), CsOH·NH3, synthesis and crystal structure

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Cesium hydroxide-ammoniate (1:1), CsOH·NH3, was obtained as a side product in the reaction of cesium hydride, CsH and telluric acid, Te(OH)6 in liquid ammonia at −38 °C. The compound crystallizes as colorless crystals in the monoclinic space group P21/c with Z = 8, a = 4.391(9) Å, b = 18.593(4) Å, c = 8.141 (16) Å, β = 90.37(3)°, and V = 664.6(24) Å3. The crystal structure was solved from single crystal X-ray data. The structure contains a three-dimensional network built up by contacts between cesium cations and hydroxide anions and ammonia molecules, which in turn are connected by O–H···N and N–H···O hydrogen bonds.

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    Christian Guentner & Nikolaus Korber

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Guentner, C., Korber, N. The first alkali metal hydroxide-ammoniate, cesium hydroxide-ammoniate (1:1), CsOH·NH3, synthesis and crystal structure. Monatsh Chem 144, 747–750 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-012-0909-z

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