Indium strontium hydrogen nitrate SrIn2[PO3(OH)]4 was synthesized under mild hydrothermal conditions (T = 180 or 200°C) and characterized using IR spectroscopy, chemical analysis, and thermal analysis. A structure model obtained ab initio was refined by the Rietveld method: a= 9.6412(1) A, b = 13.763(1) A, c = 9.3579(1) A, Robs = 0.0183, Rp = 0.0493 (space group B2212, Z = 4). The acentricity of the structure was confirmed by SHG tests (I2ω/I2ω(SiO2) ≈ 2.0). In the SrIn2[PO3(OH)]4 structure, indium atoms reside in distorted InO6 octahedra and form, together with PO3(OH) tetrahedra, a mixed 3D structure {In2[PO3(OH)]4}3∞2− whose voids are occupied by Sr2+ cations (CN = 8). The block-dimer In2(HPO4)10 is the most informative unit of the framework. Blocks are condensed into infinite columns running in the [101] direction. The compound is thermally stable up to 400°C.
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