K5.76Ga5.76Si10.24O32.3.4H2O, a gallosilicate with the zeolite gismondine topology.
The title compound, K-GaSi-GIS, potassium gallium silicon oxide hydrate, was synthesized hydrothermally and its crystal structure was determined from data collected on a single crystal of dimensions 10 x 10 x 8 microm at a synchrotron X-ray source. The compound, which has the aluminosilicate (AlSi) zeolite gismondine (GIS) topology, Ca(4)[Al(8)Si(8)O(32)].16H(2)O, crystallizes in the tetragonal space group I4(1)/a. A disordered distribution of the framework Si/Ga sites leads to higher symmetry of the GIS-type network compared with the usual monoclinic symmetry in AlSi-GIS. Framework Ga substitution for Al in AlSi-GIS leads to substantial distortion of the crankshaft chains, reducing the effective pore dimensions and suggesting the possibility of pore-dimension control via partial framework-cation substitution.
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Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY-11794-2100, USA. atripath@ic.sunysb.edu
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