Boroantimonate Explained

Boroantimonates are chemical compounds in which borate and antimonate groups share oxygen atoms. Known compounds are transparent. Antimony is in the +5 oxidation state and is in octahedral coordination by oxygen.^[1]

List

name	formula	mw	crystal system	space group	unit cell Å	volume	density	comment	references
	SbB3O6	414.11	monoclinic	C2	a=7.143 b=4.953 c=6.393 β=105.70 Z=2	217.71	3.816	band gap 4.083 eV; birefringence Δn=0.290 at 546 nm; NLO 3.5 × KH2PO4	^[2]
	Na2SbB3O8	328.16	monoclinic	P21/c	a=5.8278 b=10.3521 c=10.4775 β=102.948° Z=4	616.04	3.538	colourless	^[3]
	KSbB2O6		monoclinic	Cc	a=11.458 b=7.019 c=7.324 β=124.413°				^[4]
	K2SbB3O8	360.38	monoclinic	P21/c	a=5.9013 b=11.088 c=10.950 β=103.218° Z=4	697.5	3.432	colourless	^[5]
	α-K3Sb4BO13	823.11	monoclinic	C2/m	a=12.2032 b=7.4881 c=13.070 β=101.636° Z=4	1169.8	4.674	200K	^[6]
	β-K3Sb4BO13	823.11	triclinic	P	a=7.1168 b=7.211 c=13.2218 α=81.923 β=99.760 γ=117.10 Z=2	593.79	4.602	250K
	β-RbSbB2O6	324.84	monoclinic	Cc	a=11.715 b=7.1633 c=7.4109 β=125.43°	506.71	4.258	colourless
	Rb2SbB3O8	453.12	monoclinic	P21/c	a=5.9381 b=11.2928 c=11.318 β=103.7° Z=4	737.2	4.083	colourless
	KRb2Sb4BO13	916.31	triclinic	P	a=7.1456 b=7.2390 c=13.4113 α=82.058 β=100.051 γ=117.205 Z=2	606.16	5.020	colourless	^[7]
	Rb3Sb4BO13	962.22	triclinic	P	a=7.1593 b=7.2533 c=13.4894 α=82.358° β=99.999° γ=117.321° Z=2	611.75	5.224	colourless
	BaSb2B4O12		monoclinic	C2/c	a=6.9818 b=11.8452 c=11.089 β=102.772°
	SmBSb2O8		orthorhombic	Pnma	a=12.6155 b=7.2702 c=12.7086				^[8]
	EuBSb2O8		orthorhombic	Pnma	a=12.5730 b=7.2605 c=12.6920
	GdBSb2O8		orthorhombic	Pnma	a=12.5594 b=7.2369 c=12.6913
	TbBSb2O8		orthorhombic	Pnma	a=12.532 b=7.236 c=12.671

Notes and References

1. Kong . Fang . Ma . Yunxiang . Mao . Jianggao . Lanthanide Inorganic Solids Based on Main Group Borates and Oxyanions of Lone Pair Cations . Chinese Journal of Chemistry . January 2018 . 36 . 1 . 63–72 . 10.1002/cjoc.201700597.
2. Liu . Youchao . Liu . Xiaomeng . Liu . Shuai . Ding . Qingran . Li . Yanqiang . Li . Lina . Zhao . Sangen . Lin . Zheshuai . Luo . Junhua . Hong . Maochun . 2020-05-11 . An Unprecedented Antimony(III) Borate with Strong Linear and Nonlinear Optical Responses . Angewandte Chemie International Edition . en . 59 . 20 . 7793–7796 . 10.1002/anie.202001042 . 32056339 . 1433-7851.
3. Yan . Dong . Hu . Chun-Li . Mao . Jiang-Gao . 2016 . A 2 SbB 3 O 8 (A = Na, K, Rb) and β-RbSbB 2 O 6 : two types of alkali boroantimonates with 3D anionic architectures composed of SbO 6 octahedra and borate groups . CrystEngComm . en . 18 . 9 . 1655–1664 . 10.1039/C5CE02324F . 1466-8033.
4. Huang . Chao . Zhang . Jian-Han . Hu . Chun-Li . Xu . Xiang . Kong . Fang . Mao . Jiang-Gao . 2014-04-07 . KSbB 2 O 6 and BaSb 2 B 4 O 12 : Novel Boroantimonates with 3D Anionic Architectures Composed of 1D Chains of SbO 6 Octahedra and B 2 O 5 Groups . Inorganic Chemistry . en . 53 . 7 . 3847–3853 . 10.1021/ic5001842 . 24665931 . 0020-1669.
5. 2016 . K2SbB3O8： A Novel Boroantimonate)with Isolated [B3O8]^7- Groups ]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry.
6. Quarez . Eric . Gautron . Eric . Paris . Michael . Gajan . David . Mevellec . Jean-Yves . Toward the Coordination Fingerprint of the Edge-Sharing BO 4 Tetrahedra . Inorganic Chemistry . 15 February 2021 . 60 . 4 . 2406–2413 . 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03272. 33478208 .
7. Doux. Jean-Marie. Stephant. Nicolas. La Salle. Annie Le Gal. Joubert. Olivier. Guyomard. Dominique. Quarez. Eric. 2019. New KRb 2 Sb 4 BO 13 and Rb 3 Sb 4 BO 13 compounds prepared by Rb + /K + ion exchange from the K 3 Sb 4 BO 13 ion conductor. CrystEngComm. en. 21. 4. 594–601. 10.1039/C8CE01712C. 1466-8033.
8. Yan. Dong. Mao. Fei-Fei. Mao. Jiang-Gao. 2016-10-17. LnBSb 2 O 8 (Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb): A Series of Lanthanide Boroantimonates with Unusual 3D Anionic Structures. Inorganic Chemistry. en. 55. 20. 10558–10566. 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01790. 27690146 . 0020-1669.