CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF CESIUM AND RUBIDIUM CHLORITES
Rubidium and cesium chlorites are prepared and studied by single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction. The compounds are isostructural; crystallize in the orthorhombic system; space group Cmcm, Z = 4. Unit cell parameters: a = 6.3464(8) Å, b = 6.4223(8) Å, c = 7.7493(9) Å for RbClO2 and a = 6.5998(9) Å, b = 6.6116(9) Å, c = 8.3161(11) Å for CsClO2. The structures can be represented as 3D frameworks formed by metal cations and chlorite anions acting as tetradentate bridging and bidentate chelating oxygen ligands.