title: Crystal structure of Hg2SO4 - a redetermination.
abstract: The crystal structure of mercury(I) sulfate (or mercurous sulfate), Hg2SO4, was re-determined based on modern CCD data. In comparison with the previous determination from Weissenberg film data [Dorm (1969 ▶). Acta Chem. Scand. 23, 1607-1615], all atoms were refined with anisotropic displacement parameters, leading to higher precision in terms of bond lengths and angles [e.g. Hg-Hg = 2.5031 (7) compared to 2.500 (3)Å]. The structure consists of alternating rows along [001] of Hg2 (2+) dumbbells (generated by inversion symmetry) and SO4 (2-) tetra-hedra (symmetry 2). The dumbbells are linked via short O-Hg-Hg-O bonds to the sulfate tetra-hedra into chains extending parallel to [20-1]. More remote O-Hg-Hg-O bonds connect these chains into a three-dimensional framework.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Division of Structural Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/164-SC, A-1060 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weil
keywords: Hg/S/O system; crystal structure; mercurous; redetermination