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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Dicaesium silver zinc thiocyanate, Cs2[AgZn(SCN)5]

Minna GünesJussi Valkonen

subject

ThiocyanateInorganic chemistrychemistry.chemical_elementGeneral MedicineZincCrystal structureGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyIonCrystalchemistry.chemical_compoundCrystallographychemistryMoleculeOrthorhombic crystal systemMirror plane

description

The title compound, dicaesium(I)-μ-thio­cyanato-κ2N:S-zinc(II)-tetra-μ-thio­cyanato-κ2S:N-argentate(I), crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pmn21 and contains units of composition AgZn(SCN)3 lying on a mirror plane and bonded together through Cs+ ions and thio­cyanate groups. The crystal studied contained equal numbers of inversion twins.

https://doi.org/10.1107/s0108270101015463