Crystal Structures of Manganese (II) and Iron (II) Chloride Dihydrate
Abstract
The crystal structures at 298°K of MnCl2.2H2O and FeCl2.2H2O have been refined by means of three-dimensional differential syntheses using diffractometer single-crystal x-ray-intensity data. The crystal structures of these isomorphic compounds consist of polymeric chains of metal and chlorine ions arranged in a near-square planar configuration with each chlorine ion shared by two metal ions. The water molecules which fill the remaining octahedral positions about the metal ion link adjacent chains, paralleling the c axis, by hydrogen bonds.
- Publication:
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Journal of Chemical Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1965
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1696078
- Bibcode:
- 1965JChPh..42..898M