M. J. Clark, H. Lynton
Feb 1, 1970
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry
Abstract
The crystal and molecular structure of sodium hydroxytrifluoborate, NaBF3OH, has been established by X-ray analysis. This compound crystallizes in the hexagonal system, space group P63 with cell parameters a = 8.084 A and c = 7.958 A. There are 6 molecules in the unit cell. Atomic parameters have been obtained from a block-diagonal least-squares refinement using anisotropic temperature parameters for boron and fluorine, and isotropic temperature parameters for sodium. The final agreement residual for 195 observed reflections is R = 0.090.The [BF3OH]− anions are distorted tetrahedra. It was not possible to distinguish between the positions of the fluorine atoms and the isoelectronic hydroxyl group.