Materials Data on Hg(IO3)2 by Materials Project
Hg(IO3)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Hg2+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hg–O bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.97 Å. There are six inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Hg2+ and two I5+ atoms. There are one shorter (1.84 Å) and one longer (2.60 Å) O–I bond lengths. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to two equivalent Hg2+ and two equivalent I5+ atoms. There are one shorter (1.83 Å) and one longer (2.71 Å) O–I bond lengths. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Hg2+ and two I5+ atoms. There are one shorter (1.86 Å) and one longer (2.79 Å) O–I bond lengths. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to one Hg2+ and two equivalent I5+ atoms. There are one shorter (1.84 Å) and one longer (2.66 Å) O–I bond lengths. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Hg2+ and one I5+ atom. The O–I bond length is 1.88 Å. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Hg2+ and two I5+ atoms. There are one shorter (1.86 Å) and one longer (2.64 Å) O–I bond lengths. There are two inequivalent I5+ sites. In the first I5+ site, I5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted corner-sharing IO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 48°. In the second I5+ site, I5+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms.