The crystal structures of the two title hydrated phases of K3(VO4) consist of isolated vanadate tetrahedra linked via K+ cations. The difference in water content is noticeable in the hydrogen-bonding interactions, which define a finite network for the 0.56-hydrate phase and an infinite network for the 4-hydrate phase.
Single crystals of the hydrated potassium orthovanadate phases K3(VO4)·0.56H2O, tripotassium orthovanadate 0.56-hydrate, and K3(VO4)·4H2O, tripotassium orthovanadate tetrahydrate, were isolated during the processing of products obtained under hydroflux conditions. The asymmetric unit of K3(VO4)(H2O)0.56 (space group P1, Z = 12) comprises six formula units of K3(VO4) and five water molecules of crystallization. The complex crystal structure is made up of isolated [VO4]3– tetrahedra connected via K+ cations exhibiting coordination numbers between 6 and 8. The structure is consolidated by the formation of a finite hydrogen-bonded network between the water molecules and [VO4]3– tetrahedra. Two of the K+ cations are positionally disordered, and three of the water molecules of crystallization are occupationally and/or positionally disordered. The asymmetric unit of K3(VO4)(H2O)4 (space group Pmn21, Z = 2) comprises two K+ cations, one VV atom, three O atoms and two water molecules. The crystal structure is also made up from isolated [VO4]3– tetrahedra interlinked by K+ cations (coordination numbers 7 and 8). In comparison with the less-hydrated phase, the higher water content of this compound results in an infinite network of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the water molecules and [VO4]3– tetrahedra.
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