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The crystal structure of a novel open-framework gallogermanate, SU-66 {|(C6H18N2)18(H2O)32|[Ga4.8Ge87.2O208]}, has been solved from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction (XPD) data by using a direct-space structure solution algorithm and local structural information obtained from infrared (IR) spectroscopy. IR studies on 18 known germanates revealed that the bands in their IR spectra were characteristic of the different composite building units (CBUs) present in the structures. By comparing the bands corresponding to Ge—O vibrations in the IR spectra of SU-66 with those of the 18 known structures with different CBUs, the CBU of SU-66 could be identified empirically as the Ge10(O,OH)27 cluster (Ge10). The unit cell and space group (extinction symbol P--a; a = 14.963, b = 31.593, c = 18.759 Å) were determined initially from the XPD pattern and then confirmed by selected-area electron diffraction. The structure of SU-66 was solved from the XPD data using parallel tempering as implemented in FOX [Favre-Nicolin & Černý (2002). J. Appl. Cryst. 35, 734–743] by assuming P21ma symmetry and two Ge10 clusters in the asymmetric unit. Rietveld refinement of the resulting structure using synchrotron XPD data showed the framework structure to be correct and the space group to be Pmma. The framework has extra-large (26-ring) one-dimensional channels and a very low framework density of 10.1 Ge/Ga atoms per 1000 Å3. SU-66, with 55 framework atoms in the asymmetric unit, is one of the more complicated framework structures solved from XPD data. Indeed, 98% of the reflections were overlapping in the XPD pattern used for structure solution. Tests on other open-framework germanates (SU-62, SU-65, SU-74, PKU-12 and ITQ-37) for which the XPD data, unit cell, space group and IR spectra were available proved to be equally successful. In a more complex case (SU-72) the combination of FOX and powder charge flipping was required for structure solution.

Supporting information

cif

Crystallographic Information File (CIF) https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889813013101/kk5138sup1.cif
Contains datablocks global, su66

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Rietveld powder data file (CIF format) https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889813013101/kk5138Isup2.rtv
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Computing details top

(su66) top
Crystal data top
Ge87.2Ga4.8O240C108H388N36c = 18.6574 (1) Å
Mr = ?V = ? Å3
Orthorhombic, PmmaZ = ?
a = 14.9704 (1) Å? radiation, λ = ? Å
b = 31.6017 (2) Å × × mm
Data collection top
h = ??l = ??
k = ??
Refinement top
Crystal data top
Ge87.2Ga4.8O240C108H388N36c = 18.6574 (1) Å
Mr = ?V = ? Å3
Orthorhombic, PmmaZ = ?
a = 14.9704 (1) Å? radiation, λ = ? Å
b = 31.6017 (2) Å × × mm
Data collection top
Refinement top
Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzBiso*/BeqOcc. (<1)
Ge10.1507 (4)0.3141 (2)0.8732 (3)
Ge20.25000.3319 (3)0.0067 (5)
Ge30.25000.2503 (3)0.9462 (5)
Ge40.1000 (5)0.3925 (2)0.9652 (4)
Ge5a0.25000.3660 (4)0.7545 (6)0.72
Ge5b0.25000.3286 (4)0.7292 (7)0.28
Ge60.0930 (5)0.2250 (2)0.8524 (3)
Ge70.25000.2591 (3)0.1218 (5)
Ge80.25000.4456 (2)0.8755 (5)
Ge90.1543 (4)0.1829 (2)0.3397 (4)
Ge100.25000.1045 (3)0.3636 (4)
Ge110.25000.1403 (3)0.2319 (5)
Ge120.0939 (5)0.1264 (2)0.4662 (4)
Ge130.25000.2526 (3)0.4273 (5)
Ge140.0972 (5)0.2021 (2)0.1866 (4)
Ge150.2142 (6)0.0462 (3)0.2411 (5)0.50
Ge160.25000.1816 (3)0.5559 (5)
Ge170.25000.2231 (3)0.7215 (5)
O10.1547 (5)0.2914 (3)0.9728 (5)
O20.25000.3516 (4)0.9045 (6)
O30.25000.2737 (4)0.8484 (7)
O40.1539 (5)0.3372 (4)0.7823 (6)
O50.0696 (9)0.3528 (4)0.9009 (8)
O60.0609 (8)0.2778 (3)0.8514 (9)
O70.1646 (7)0.3700 (4)0.0323 (7)
O80.25000.3120 (4)0.0990 (7)
O90.1626 (7)0.2123 (4)0.9212 (7)
O100.25000.2304 (5)0.0402 (6)
O110.1532 (7)0.4348 (4)0.9266 (7)
O1200.4111 (7)0
O130.25000.4170 (6)0.793 (1)
O140.25000.3674 (6)0.6615 (7)
O150.9977 (8)0.1957 (5)0.8639 (8)
O160.1488 (7)0.2117 (5)0.7719 (6)
O170.1505 (7)0.2492 (4)0.1684 (8)
O180.25000.50000.858 (2)
O190.1554 (5)0.1242 (3)0.2980 (5)
O200.25000.1628 (4)0.4029 (7)
O210.25000.1984 (4)0.2730 (7)
O220.1528 (7)0.2357 (4)0.3826 (7)
O230.0649 (9)0.1653 (4)0.4012 (7)
O240.0682 (9)0.2012 (5)0.2779 (5)
O250.1617 (7)0.0881 (4)0.4265 (7)
O260.25000.0500 (4)0.3288 (7)
O270.1624 (7)0.1577 (4)0.1704 (7)
O280.25000.0882 (3)0.1916 (8)
O290.1523 (7)0.1529 (5)0.5338 (8)
O3000.1023 (6)0.5000
O310.25000.2304 (6)0.5126 (9)
O320.25000.3067 (4)0.438 (2)
O330.0971 (9)0.0480 (7)0.244 (1)0.50
O340.250000.203 (2)
O350.25000.1893 (6)0.6478 (7)
O360.25000.2769 (4)0.693 (2)
C10.25000.50000.6076
C20.25000.10150.73850.50
C30.25000.45940.11840.13
C40.25000.42850.36840.13
C50.09550.35520.23680.50
N10.25000.50000.6853
N20.25000.13430.97370.50
N30.25000.09610.65790.50
N40.09240.12370.72370.50
N50.00000.43610.50000.50
N60.06730.04630.75000.50
N70.07910.00000.38020.50
N80.25000.00000.69650.50
N90.17950.00000.53950.25
N100.25000.41370.46050.25
N110.09030.42100.25910.50
N120.09690.27820.56580.50
N130.30580.50000.08400.50
N140.06820.50000.98680.25
N150.09510.00670.06580.25
N160.04300.43850.27630.50
N170.10270.33530.15790.50
N180.48070.50000.39470.13
N190.25000.05540.56580.13
N200.12620.37570.55260.13
N210.25000.14210.02630.25
N220.00880.50000.84210.13
N230.05930.04520.65820.13
N240.09260.35170.45830.13
N250.16410.00000.44630.25

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formulaGe87.2Ga4.8O240C108H388N36
Mr?
Crystal system, space groupOrthorhombic, Pmma
Temperature (K)?
a, b, c (Å)14.9704 (1), 31.6017 (2), 18.6574 (1)
V3)?
Z?
Radiation type?, λ = ? Å
µ (mm1)?
Crystal size (mm) × ×
Data collection
Diffractometer?
Absorption correction?
No. of measured, independent and
observed (?) reflections
?, ?, ?
Rint?
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S ?, ?, ?
No. of reflections?
No. of parameters?
No. of restraints?
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å3)?, ?

 

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