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 <i>Cmcm</i>, <i>Z</i> = 4. Unit cell parameters: <i>a</i> = 6.3464(8) Å, <i>b</i> = 6.4223(8) Å, <i>c</i> = 7.7493(9) Å for RbClO<sub>2</sub> and <i>a</i> = 6.5998(9) Å, <i>b</i> = 6.6116(9) Å, <i>c</i> = 8.3161(11) Å for CsClO<sub>2</sub>. The structures can be represented as 3D frameworks formed by metal cations and chlorite anions acting as tetradentate bridging and bidentate chelating oxygen ligands.