borosulfate
The borosulfates are heteropoly anion compounds which have sulfate groups attached to boron atoms. Other possible terms are sulfatoborates or boron-sulfur oxides. The ratio of sulfate to borate reflects the degree of condensation. With [B(SO4)4]5- there is no condensation, each ion stands alone. In [B(SO4)3]3- the anions are linked into a chain, a chain of loops, or as [B2(SO4)6]6− in a cycle. Finally in [B(SO4)2]− the sulfate and borate tetrahedra are all linked into a two or three-dimensional network. These arrangements of oxygen around boron and sulfur can have forms resembling silicates. The first borosulfate to be discovered was K5[B(SO4)4] in 2012 by the research group of Henning Höppe,{{Cite journal|last1=Netzsch|first1=Philip|last2=Höppe|first2=Henning A.|date=2020-09-30|title=Synthesis and Characterization of the Chain Borosulfates (NH 4 ) 3 [B(SO 4 ) 3 ] and Sr[B 2 (SO 4 ) 4 ]|journal=Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie|language=en|volume=646|issue=18|pages=1563–1569|doi=10.1002/zaac.202000105|issn=0044-2313|doi-access=free}} although the compound class as such had been postulated already in 1962 by G. Schott and H. U. Kibbel.{{Cite journal |last=Schott |first=G. |last2=Kibbel |first2=H. U. |title=Über Sulfatoborate |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zaac.19623140113 |journal=Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie |language=en |volume=314 |issue=1-2 |pages=104–112 |doi=10.1002/zaac.19623140113 |issn=0044-2313}} Over 80 unique compounds are known as of 2024.
They are distinct from the borate sulfates which have separate, uncondensed sulfate and borate ions.
Related compounds include boroselenates, borotellurates, and also boroantimonates, borogallates, borogermanates, borophosphates, boroselenites and borosilicates.{{Cite journal|last1=Kong|first1=Fang|last2=Ma|first2=Yunxiang|last3=Mao|first3=Jianggao|date=January 2018|title=Lanthanide Inorganic Solids Based on Main Group Borates and Oxyanions of Lone Pair Cations: Lanthanide Inorganic Solids Based on Main Group Borates and Oxyanions of Lone Pair Cations|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/cjoc.201700597|journal=Chinese Journal of Chemistry|language=en|volume=36|issue=1|pages=63–72|doi=10.1002/cjoc.201700597}}
Formation
Borosulfates are formed by heating boric oxide, oleum, or sulfuric acid, with metal carbonates. The degree of condensation is varied with the ratio of oleum to sulfuric acid. Pure oleum is more likely to yield compounds with disulfate groups.
Reactions
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boron sulfate
|B2S2O9 |229.74 |C2 |a=7.7600 b=4.1664 c=8.6134 β=94.785 Z=2 |277.51 |2.749 |no cations; 3D mesh |
|H[B(HSO4)4]
| |monoclinic |P21/c |a=15.6974, b=11.436, c=8.5557; β=90.334°; Z=8 | | |superacid |{{Cite journal|last1=Daub|first1=Michael|last2=Kazmierczak|first2=Karolina|last3=Höppe|first3=Henning A.|last4=Hillebrecht|first4=Harald|date=2013|title=The Borosulfate Story Goes on—From Alkali and Oxonium Salts to Polyacids|url=https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.201303012|journal=Chemistry – A European Journal|language=en|volume=19|issue=50|pages=16954–16962|doi=10.1002/chem.201303012|pmid=24203813|issn=1521-3765}} |
|H3O[B(SO4)2]
| | |P4/ncc |a=9.1377, c=7.3423; Z=4 | | | |
|H[B(SO4)(S2O7)]
| |monoclinic |P21/c |a=15.697 b=11.4362 c=8.5557 β=90.334 | | | |
|Li[B(SO4)2]
| | |Pc |a = 7.635, b = 9.342, c = 8.432, and β = 92.55° | | |3D network, like tectosilicate |{{Cite journal|last1=Daub|first1=Michael|last2=Kazmierczak|first2=Karolina|last3=Gross|first3=Peter|last4=Höppe|first4=Henning|last5=Hillebrecht|first5=Harald|date=2013-05-20|title=Exploring a New Structure Family: Alkali Borosulfates Na 5 [B(SO 4 ) 4 ], A 3 [B(SO 4 ) 3 ] (A = K, Rb), Li[B(SO 4 ) 2 ], and Li[B(S 2 O 7 ) 2 ]|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ic400267s|journal=Inorganic Chemistry|language=en|volume=52|issue=10|pages=6011–6020|doi=10.1021/ic400267s|pmid=23656591|issn=0020-1669}} |
|Li[B(S2O7)2]
| |P212121 |a = 10.862, b = 10.877, c = 17.769 | | | |
|Li5[B(SO4)4]
| |orthorhombic |P21/c |a=8.0191 b=10.2111 c=15.0401 | | | |
|Be[B2(SO4)4]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a= 23.856, b= 7.3507, c= 12.3235, β= 98.724(2)°, Z=8 |2136.1 |2.58 |colourless |
|NH4[B(SO4)2]
| | |P4/ncc |a=9.1980 c=7.2458 | | |decompose 320 °C, proton conductor |{{Cite journal|last1=Ward|first1=Matthew D.|last2=Chaloux|first2=Brian L.|last3=Johannes|first3=Michelle D.|author3-link=Michelle D. Johannes|last4=Epshteyn|first4=Albert|date=October 2020|title=Facile Proton Transport in Ammonium Borosulfate—An Unhumidified Solid Acid Polyelectrolyte for Intermediate Temperatures|journal=Advanced Materials|language=en|volume=32|issue=42|pages=2003667|doi=10.1002/adma.202003667|pmid=32924200|s2cid=221672277|issn=0935-9648|doi-access=free|bibcode=2020AdM....3203667W }} |
|NH4[B(S2O7)2]
| |monoclinic |Cc |a=11.4403 b=14.9439 c=13.8693 β=93.662 | | | |
|(NH4)2B4SO10
|271.38 |monoclinic |C2 |a=11.3685 b=6.5541 c=12.8328 β=106.247 4 |918.0 |1.964 |SHG 1.1 × KDP; min PM wavelength 252 nm; decompose 300 °C |
|[NH4]3[B(SO4)3]
|343.12 |orthorhombic |Ibca |a=7.2858 b=14.7048 c=22.7052 Z=8 |2433.2 |1.928 |decompose 320 °C chains |{{Cite journal|last1=Hämmer|first1=Matthias|last2=Bayarjargal|first2=Lkhamsuren|last3=Höppe|first3=Henning A.|date=2020-11-12|title=The First Bismuth Borosulfates Comprising Oxonium and a Tectosilicate-Analogous Anion|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=60|issue=3|language=en|pages=1503–1506|doi=10.1002/anie.202011786| pmc=7839778|pmid=33026134|issn=1433-7851|doi-access=free}}{{open access}} |
|Na[B(SO4)2]
| |monoclinic |P2/c |a=5.434 b=7.570 c=7.766 β=99.74 | | | |
|Na[B(S2O7)2]
| |monoclinic |P21/c |a=10.949, b=8.49, c=12.701; β=110.227°; Z=4 | | | |
|Na2B6SO13
| |orthorhombic |Pbca |a=11.6569 b=9.4094 c=17.4833 Z=8 |1917.6 |2.431 |birefringence Δn = 0.07 @ 589.3 nm |
|Na5[B(SO4)4]-I
| |orthorhombic |Pca21 |a = 10.730, b = 13.891, c = 18.197 | | | |
|Na5[B(SO4)4]-II
| |orthorhombic |P212121 |a = 8.624, b = 9.275, c = 16.671 | | | |
|α-Mg4[B2O(SO4)6]
|711.22 |P{{overbar|3}} |a=8.0165 c=7.4858 Z=1 |416.62 |2.835 |colourless |
|β-Mg4[B2O(SO4)6]
|711.22 |P{{overbar|3}} |a = 13.9196, c = 7.4854, Z = 3 |1253 |2.821 |colourless |
|Mg[B2(SO4)4]
|430.17 |monoclinic |C2/c |a = 17.443, b = 5.3145, c = 14.2906 β = 126.323° Z = 4 |1067.3 |2.677 |phyllosilicate structure colourless decompose 550 °C |
|β-Mg[B2(SO4)4]
| |monoclinic |P21/n |a=7.9100 b=8.0815 c=9.0376 β=111.37° Z=2 |269.01 |2.667 |colourless decompose 550 °C |
|Mg3((H2O)B(SO4)3)2
|706.94 |triclinic |P{{overbar|1}} |a=7.9609 b=7.9671 c=9.2343 α=64.959° β=89.228° γ=60.054° |444.96 |2.638 |200K |
|Mg3((H2O)B(SO4)3)2
|706.94 | |R{{overbar|3}} |a=7.9620 c=24.4231 Z=3 |1340.84 |2.627 |room temperature |
|K[B(SO4)2]
| | |P4/ncc |a=8.9739 c=7.4114 | | | |
|K[B(S2O7)2]
| |monoclinic |Cc |a=11.3368, b=14.66, c=13.6650; β=94.235°; Z=8 | | | |
|K2B4SO10
|313.50 |monoclinic |C2 |a=11.2631 b=6.4339 c=12.649 β=105.707° Z=4 |882.4 |2.360 |colourless |
pentapotassium borosulfate
|K5[B(SO4)4] | | |P41 |a=9.9023 c=16.1871 |1687.2 |2.471 |first discovered |{{Cite journal|last1=Höppe|first1=Henning A.|last2=Kazmierczak|first2=Karolina|last3=Daub|first3=Michael|last4=Förg|first4=Katharina|last5=Fuchs|first5=Franziska|last6=Hillebrecht|first6=Harald|date=2012-06-18|title=The First Borosulfate K5[B(SO4)4]|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/anie.201109237|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|language=en|volume=51|issue=25|pages=6255–6257|doi=10.1002/anie.201109237|pmid=22566359}} |
|K3[B(SO4)3]
| |orthorhombic |Ibca |a = 7.074, b = 14.266, c = 22.58 | | | |
|K4[BS4O15(OH)]
| |monoclinic |I2/a |a=14.524 b=7.3916 c=15.7857 β=115.50 | | | |
|CaB2S4O16
| |monoclinic |P21/c |a=5.5188 b=15.1288 c=13.2660 β=92.88 | | |sheet |
|Mn[B2(SO4)4]
| |monoclinic |P21/n |a = 8.0435, b = 7.9174, c = 9.3082, β = 110.94° Z=2 |553.63 | |colourless |
|α-Mn4[B2O(SO4)6]
|833.74 |trigonal |P{{overbar|3}} |a=8.1086 c=7.7509 Z=1 |441.3 |3.137 |colourless |
|β-Mn4[B2O(SO4)6]
|833.74 |trigonal |P{{overbar|3}} |a=13.9196 c=7.4854 | | | | |
|α-Co[B2(SO4)4]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=17.4254 b=5.3397 c=14.3214 β=126.03° Z=4 |269.40 |2.860 |pink |
|β-Co[B2(SO4)4]
| |monoclinic |P21/n |a=7.8892 b=8.1042 c= 9.0409 β=111.29° Z=2 |269.29 |2.803 |pink |
|α-Co4[B2O(SO4)6]
|849.70 |trigonal |P{{overbar|3}} |a=7.991 c=7.669 Z=1 |418.0 |3.376 |pink |
|α-Ni4[B2O(SO4)6]
|848.82 |trigonal |P{{overbar|3}} |a=7.9359 c=7.4398 Z=1 |405.77 |3.474 |yellow |
|Cu[B(SO4)2(HSO4)]
| |P{{overbar|1}} |a=5.3096 b=7.0752 c=11.1977 α=81.154 β=80.302 γ=80.897 | | |cyclic |
|Cu[B2(SO4)4]
| |triclinic |P{{overbar|1}} |a=5.2470 b=7.1371 c=7.9222 α=73.814 β=70.692 γ=86.642 | | |chain |
|Zn[B2(SO4)4]
| |monoclinic |P21/n |a = 8.0435, b = 7.9174, c = 9.3082, β = 111.26° Z=2 |534.36 | |colourless |
|α-Zn4[B2O(SO4)6]
|875.46 |trigonal |P{{overbar|3}} |a=7.9971 c=7.4895 Z=1 |414.81 |3.505 |colourless |
|Rb2B4SO10
|406.24 |monoclinic |C2 |a=11.3127 b=6.5152 c=12.971 β=105.411° Z=4 |921.6 |2.928 |colourless |
|Rb3[B(SO4)3]
| |orthorhombic |Ibca |a = 7.2759, b = 14.794, c = 22.637 | | | |
|Rb4[B2O(SO4)4]
| |orthorhombic |Pnma |a=8.0415 b=10.647 c=20.425 | | | |
|Rb5[B(SO4)4]
| |tetragonal |P43212 |a=10.148 c=16.689 Z=4 | | |band gap 3.99 eV |{{Cite journal|last1=Dong|first1=Lingyun|last2=Pan|first2=Shilie|last3=Wang|first3=Ying|last4=Yu|first4=Hongwei|last5=Lin|first5=Xiaoxia|last6=Han|first6=Shujuan|date=March 2015|title=Synthesis and structural characterization of a new rubidium borosulfate, Rb5BS4O16|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025540814007363|journal=Materials Research Bulletin|language=en|volume=63|pages=93–98|doi=10.1016/j.materresbull.2014.11.047}} |
|Rb3HB4S2O14
| | |P63/m |a = 6.502, c = 19.02 Z=2 | | | |
|LiRb4[B(SO4)4]
|743.8 |monoclinic |P21 |a=7.5551, c=14.560, c=7.5517 β=90.2372 Z=2 | | |transparent |
|LiRb4[B(SO4)4]
|743.8 |tetragonal |I{{overbar|4}} |a=7.6128, c=14.631, Z=2 | | |at 500K |
|Sr[B2(SO4)4]
|493.48 |orthorhombic |Pnma |a=12.574 b=12.421 c=7.319 Z=4 |1143.1 |2.867 |decompose 400 °C |
|Sr[B2(SO4)3(S2O7)]
|573.54 |monoclinic |P21/n |a = 7.470, b = 15.334, c = 12.220, β = 93.29° Z=4 |1397.5 |2.726 | |
|Sr[B2O(SO4)3]
| |orthorhombic |Pnma |a=1657.3 b=12.037 c=4.39484 | | | |
|Sr[B3O(SO4)4(SO4H)]
|617.36 |monoclinic |P21/c |a = 11.3309, b= 7.1482, c = 19.355, β = 106.878°, Z = 4 |1500.1 |2.73 |colourless; Sr in 9 coordination by sulfate oxygens |
|Y2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.5172 b=11.3941 c=10.8994 β=93.447 | | |cyclic |
|Ag[B(SO4)2]
| | |P4/ncc |a=8.6679 c=7.2897 | | | |
|Ag[B(S2O7)2]
| |monoclinic |P21/c |a = 9.507, b = 9.601, c = 11.730, β = 98.35° Z=4 |1059.3 |2.953 |colourless |
|Cd[B2(SO4)4]
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|Cd[B2O(SO4)3]
|438.20 |orthorhombic |Pnma |a=8.9692 b=11.520 c=8.7275 Z=4 |901.8 |3.23 |colourless |
|Cd4[B2O(SO4)6]
| |trigonal |P{{overbar|3}} |a=8.2222 c=7.9788 Z=1 |467.14 |3.78 |colourless |
|(I4)[B(S2O7)2]2
| |triclinic |P{{overbar|1}} |a = 11.3714 b = 11.5509 c = 12.7811 α = 68.638° β = 68.275° γ = 64.626° Z=2 |1366.16 |2.999 |orange-brown |
|Cs2B4SO10
|501.12 |monoclinic |C2 |a=11.4012 b=6.5997 c=13.5702 β=103.934° Z=4 |919.04 |3.359 |colourless |
|Cs2[B2O(SO4)3]
| |monoclinic |P2/c |a=14.765 b=6.710 c=12.528 β=104.50 | | | |
|Cs3HB4S2O14
| | |P63/m |a = 6.5648, c = 19.5669 Z=2 | | | |
|Cs[B(SO4)(S2O7)]
| |monoclinic |P21/c |a=10.4525, b=11.319, c=8.2760; β=103.206; Z=4 | | | |
|Cs3Li2[B(SO4)4]
| |monoclinic |P21/n |a=13.7698 c=8.2376 c=13.9066 β=91.778 | | | |
|Cs3Na2[B(SO4)4]
| |monoclinic |P21/c |a=13.6406 b=7.9475 c=13.9573 β=990.781 | | | |
|CsK4[B(SO4)4]
| | |P43212 |a=9.9433 c=16.881 | | | |
|Ba[B2(SO4)4]
| |orthorhombic |Pnna |a = 12.791, b = 12.800, c = 7.317 Z = 4 | | | |{{Cite journal|last1=Netzsch|first1=Philip|last2=Pielnhofer|first2=Florian|last3=Höppe|first3=Henning A.|date=2020-10-19|title=From S–O–S to B–O–S to B–O–B Bridges: Ba[B(S 2 O 7 ) 2 ] 2 as a Model System for the Structural Diversity in Borosulfate Chemistry|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02156|journal=Inorganic Chemistry|language=en|volume=59|issue=20|pages=15180–15188|doi=10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02156|pmid=33001636|s2cid=222145994|issn=0020-1669}} |
|Ba[B2O(SO4)3]
| |orthorhombic |Pnma |a=17.1848 b=12.3805 c=4.4226 | | | |
|Ba[B(S2O7)2]2
| |monoclinic |I2/a |a = 11.6077, b = 8.9144, c = 21.303, β = 104.034° Z = 4 | | |chains |
|La2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=1379.2 b=1158.9 c=1139.5 β=93.611 | | |cyclic |
|Ce2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |13.740 b=11.5371 c=11.3057 β=93.661 | | |cyclic |
|Pr2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.711 b=11.5305 c=11.2643 β=93.668 | | |cyclic |
|Nd2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.6775 b=11.51.34 11.2046 β=93.5909 | | |cyclic |
|Sm2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.633 b=11.492 c=11.112 β=93.567 | | |cyclic |
|Eu2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.602 b=11.470 c=11.050 β=93.465 | | |cyclic |
|Gd2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.5697 b=11.4426 c=11.0271 β= | | |cyclic |
|Tb2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.5601 b=11.42.48 c=10.9881 β=93.534 | | |cyclic |
|Dy2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.568 b=11.425 c=10.9703 β=93.540 | | |cyclic |
|Ho2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.505 b=11.409 c=10.921 β=93.453 | | |cyclic |
|Er2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.551 b=11.411 c=10.882 β=93.41 | | |cyclic |
|Tm2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.4981 b=11.3617 10.8327 β=93.4500 | | |cyclic |
|Yb2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.495 b=11.3452 c=10.7961 β=93.390 | | |cyclic |
|Lu2[B2(SO4)6]
| |monoclinic |C2/c |a=13.469 b=11.364 c=10.799 β=93.369 | | |cyclic |
|Pb[B2(SO4)4]
|613.05 |orthorhombic |Pnna |a=12.516 b=12.521 c=7.302 Z=4 |114.43 |3.558 |loop chain |{{Cite journal|last1=Schönegger|first1=Sandra|last2=Bruns|first2=Jörn|last3=Gartner|first3=Benjamin|last4=Wurst|first4=Klaus|last5=Huppertz|first5=Hubert|date=2018-12-31|title=Synthesis and Characterization of the First Lead(II) Borosulfate Pb[B 2 (SO 4 ) 4 ]: Synthesis and Characterization of the First Lead(II) Borosulfate Pb[B 2 (SO 4 ) 4 ]|journal=Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie|language=en|volume=644|issue=24|pages=1702–1706|doi=10.1002/zaac.201800130|doi-access=free}} |
|Pb[B2O(SO4)3]
| |orthorhombic |P21/m |a=4.4000 b=12.1019 c=8.6043 | | | |
|Bi2[B2(SO4)6]
|659.08 |orthorhombic |C2/c |a = 13.568, b = 11.490, c = 11.106 Z=4 |1728.8 |3.894 | |
|(H3O)Bi[B(SO4)2]4
|1039.72 | |I{{overbar|4}} |a=11.857, c=8.149 Z=2 |1156.84 |2.99 |colourless; non-linear optical |
|(UO2)[B(SO4)2(SO3OH)]
|569.52 |triclinic |P{{overbar|1}} |a=5.448 b=7.021 c=13.522 α =92.248° β =95.347° γ =101.987° Z=2 | |3.762 |green |
|(UO2)2[B2O(SO4)3(SO3OH)2]
|1058.23 |monoclinic |P21/n |a=10.872 b=11.383 c=14.812 β=92.481 Z=4 | |3.838 |yellow |