Structure and vibrational spectroscopy of lithium and potassium methanesulfonates

Autor: Matthias J. Gutmann, Stewart F. Parker, Emilie J. Revill-Hivet, Daniel W. Nye
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Royal Society Open Science
Royal Society Open Science, Vol 7, Iss 7 (2020)
ISSN: 2054-5703
Popis: In this work, we have determined the structures of lithium methanesulfonate, Li(CH3SO3), and potassium methanesulfonate, K(CH3SO3), and analysed their vibrational spectra. The lithium salt crystallizes in the monoclinic space groupC2/mwith two formula units in the primitive cell. The potassium salt is more complex, crystallizing inI4/mwith 12 formula units in the primitive cell. The lithium ion is fourfold coordinated in a distorted tetrahedron, while the potassium salt exhibits three types of coordination: six-, seven- and ninefold. Vibrational spectroscopy of the compounds (including the6Li and7Li isotopomers) confirms that the correlation previously found, that in the infrared spectra there is a clear distinction between coordinated and not coordinated forms of the methanesulfonate ion, is also valid here. The lithium salt shows a clear splitting of the asymmetric S–O stretch mode, indicating a bonding interaction, while there is no splitting in the spectrum of the potassium salt, consistent with a purely ionic material.
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