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The interactions between phosphines and boranes in crystal structures have been investigated by analyzing data from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). The interactions between phosphines and boranes were classified into three types; two types depend on groups on the boron atom, whereas the third one involves frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs). The data enabled geometric parameters in structures to be compared with phosphine–borane FLPs with classical Lewis pairs. Most of the crystal structures (78.1%) contain BH3 as the borane group. In these systems, the boron–phosphorus distance is shorter than systems where the boron atom is surrounded by groups other than hydrogen atoms. The analysis of the CSD data has shown that FLPs have a tendency for the longest boron–phosphorus distance among all phosphine–borane pairs, as well as different other geometrical parameters. The results show that most of the frustrated phosphine–borane pairs found in crystal structures are bridged ones. The minority of non-bridged FLP structures contain, beside phosphorus and boron atoms, other heteroatoms (O, N, S for instance).

Perovskite-like oxides AB'1/2B''1/2O3 with two different cations in the B-sublattice may experience cation order–disorder phase transitions. In many cases the degree of cation ordering can be varied by suitable synthesis conditions or subsequent sample treatment, which has a fundamental impact on the physical properties of such compounds. Therefore, understanding the mechanism of cation order–disorder phase transition and estimation of the phase transition temperature is of paramount importance for tuning of properties of such double perovskites. In this work, based on the earlier proposed cation–anion elastic bonds model, a theory of order–disorder phase transitions of B-cations in AB'1/2B''1/2O3 perovskites is presented, which allows reliable estimation of the phase transition temperatures and of the reduced lattice constants of such double perovskites.

The leucite tectosilicate mineral analogues K2X2+Si5O12 (X = Fe2+, Co, Zn) and Rb2X2+Si5O12 (X = Mn) have been synthesized at elevated temperatures both dry at atmospheric pressure and at controlled water vapour pressure; for X = Co and Zn both dry and hydrothermally synthesized samples are available. Rietveld refinement of X-ray data for hydrothermal K2X2+Si5O12 (X = Fe2+, Co, Zn) samples shows that they crystallize in the monoclinic space group P21/c and have tetrahedral cations (Si and X) ordered onto distinct framework sites [cf. hydrothermal K2MgSi5O12; Bell et al. (1994a), Acta Cryst. B50, 560–566]. Dry-synthesized K2X2+Si5O12 (X = Co, Zn) and Rb2X2+Si5O12 (X = Mn) samples crystallize in the cubic space group Ia{overline 3}d and with Si and X cations disordered in the tetrahedral framework sites as typified by dry K2MgSi5O12. Both structure types have tetrahedrally coordinated SiO4 and XO4 sharing corners to form a partially substituted silicate framework. Extraframework K+ and Rb+ cations occupy large channels in the framework. Structural data for the ordered samples show that mean tetrahedral Si—O and X—O bond lengths cover the ranges 1.60 Å (Si—O) to 2.24 Å (Fe2+—O) and show an inverse relationship with the intertetrahedral angles (T—O—T) which range from 144.7° (Si—O—Si) to 124.6° (Si—O—Fe2+). For the compositions with both disordered and ordered tetrahedral cation structures (K2MgSi5O12, K2CoSi5O12, K2ZnSi5O12, Rb2MnSi5O12 and Cs2CuSi5O12 leucites) the disordered polymorphs always have larger unit-cell volumes, larger intertetrahedral T—O—T angles and smaller mean T—O distances than their isochemical ordered polymorphs. The ordered samples clearly have more flexible frameworks than the disordered structures which allow the former to undergo a greater degree of tetrahedral collapse around the interframework cavity cations. Multivariant linear regression has been used to develop equations to predict intertetrahedral T—O—T angle variation depending on the independent variables Si—O and X—O bond lengths, cavity cation ideal radius, intratetrahedral (O—T—O) angle variance, and X cation electronegativity.

Allan, S.; Bristow, G.; Bukar, Y.; Capstick, S.; Danert, K.; Furey, S.; Goni, I.; Healy, A.; MacDonald, A.; Theis, S.; Tijani, M.; Upton, K.; Whitmarsh, L.. 2018 Resilience in groundwater supply systems: integrating resource based approaches with agency, behaviour and choice. Cardiff University, UK. (RIGSS Working Paper)

Upton, K.; Healy, A.; Allan, S.; Bristow, G.; Bukar, Y.; Capstick, S.; Danert, K.; Goni, I.; MacDonald, A.; Tijani, M.; Theis, S.; Whitmarsh, L.. 2017 Risks and resilience of private boreholes in Lagos, Nigeria. [Poster] In: Ineson Lecture 2017: Africa, Groundwater and the Sustainable Development Goals, London, UK, 25 Oct 2017. British Geological Survey. (Unpublished)

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