Two Crystal Structures of Dehydrated $Ag^+$ and $Rb^+$ Exchanged Zeolite A, $Ag^{12-x}Rb_{x}-A$, x = 2 and 3

Two crystal structures of dehydrated $Ag^+$ and $Rb^+$ exchanged zeolite A, stoichiometries of $Ag_{9}Rb_{3}-A$ (a = 12.278(2)${\AA}$) and $Ag_{10}Rb_{2}-A$ (a = 12.286(2)${\AA}$) per unit cell, have been determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction techniques. Their structures were solved and refined in the cubic space group Pm3m at 21(1)$^{\circ}$C. The crystals of $Ag_{10}Rb_{2}-A$ and $Ag_{10}Rb_{2}-A$ were prepared by flow methods using exchanged solution in which mole ratios of AgNO$_3$ and RbNO$_3$ were 1:5 and 1:50, respectively, with the total concentration of 0.05 M. The structures of the dehydrated $Ag_{9}Rb_{3}-A$ and the $Ag_{10}Rb_{2}-A$ were refined to the final error indices, $R_1$ = 0.064 and $R_2$ = 0.060 with 291 reflections, and $R_1$ = 0.063 and $R_2$ = 0.080 with 416 reflections respectively, for which I >3${\sigma}$(I). In both structures, one reduced silver atom per unit cell was found inside the sodalite cavity. It may be present as a hexasilver cluster in 1/6 of the sodalite units or as an isolated Ag atom coordinated to 4 $Ag^+$ ions in each sodalite unit to give $(Ag_5)^{4+}$, symmetry 4 mm. In the structure of dehydrated $Ag_{9}Rb_{3}-A$, 8 $Ag^+$ ions lie on the threefold axis and each is nearly at the center of the 8-rings at the sites of $D_{4h}$ symmetry. In the structure of dehydrated $Ag_{10}Rb_{2}-A$, two crystallographically different eight 6-ring $Ag^+$ ions were found; $7Ag^+$ ions in the (111) planes of their O(3) framework oxygens and one $Ag^+$ ion inside of sodalite cavity. Two crystallographically different 8-ring cations were also found; two $Rb^+$ ions at the centers of the 8-oxygen rings and one $Ag^+$ ion into the large cavity. Both structures indicate that $Rb^+$ ions prefer to occupy the 8-ring sites, while $Ag^+$ ions prefer to occupy the 6-ring sites. X-선 단결정법으로 탈수한 $Ag_{9}Rb_{3}-A$ (a = 12.278(2)${\AA}$) 와 $Ag_{10}Rb_{2}-A$ (a = 12.286(2)${\AA}$)의 구조를 입방공간군 Pm3m을 써서 해석하였다. $Ag_{9}Rb_{3}-A$의 구조는 I >3${\sigma}$(I)인 회절반점 291개를 이용하여 $R_1$ = 0.064, $R_2$ = 0.060까지 정밀화 시켰으며 $Ag_{10}Rb_{2}-A$의 구조는 416개의 회절반점을 이용하여 $R_1$ = 0.063, $R_2$ = 0.080까지 정밀화 시켰다. 두 구조 모두 단위세포당 하나의 환원된 은 원자가 소다라이트 동공 내에 있으며 이 환원된 은 원자는 소다라이트 동공 1/6개 마다 $Ag_6$로 존재하든가 혹은 모든 소다라이트 동공마다 4mm 대칭성을 가지는 $(Ag_5)^{4+}$ 클러스터로 존재한다. 그 밖에 탈수한 $Ag_{9}Rb_{3}-A$에서는 8개의 $Ag^+$이온은 6-링 중심 3회 회전축 상에 있으며 3개의 $Rb^+$이온은 8-링 중심 $D_{4h}$ 대칭성을 가지고서 위치하고 있다. 또 탈수한 $Ag_{10}Rb_{2}-A$구조에서는 2개의 다른 6-링 $Ag^+$ 이온 즉 7개의 $Ag^+$ 이온은 6-링 평면상에 위치하고 1개의 $Ag^+$이온은 소다라이트 동공 내에