Redetermination of ammonium metavanadate

Abstract

The crystal structure of ammonium metavanadate, NH4VO3, a compound widely used as a starting material for the synthesis of vanadium and polyoxidovanadate compounds, had been determined twice using single-crystal X-ray data [Syneček & Hanic (1954). Czech. J. Phys. 4, 120–129 (Weissenberg data); Hawthorne & Calvo (1977). J. Solid State Chem. 22, 157–170 (four-circle diffractometer data)]. Its structure is now redetermined at higher resolution using Ag Kα radiation, and the result is compared with the former refinements. Structural data for the polymeric [VO3]∞ chain remain unchanged, while more accurate parameters are obtained for the ammonium cation, improving the description of hydrogen-bonding interactions in the crystal structure.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• vanadate
• ammonium
• high-resolution data
• hydrogen bonds