Single crystals of binary molybdate Nd2ZrMoO4)9 were grown. The crystal structure of this compound was investigated by X-ray diffraction analysis (CAD-4 diffractometer,
MoKα radiation, 2844 reflections. R = 0.0230), and a new type of structure was found. The crystals are trigonal with cell
dimensions a = 9.804(1), c = 58.467(12) å, V= 4867(1) å3, Z = 6, dcalc = 4.098 g/cm3, space group R
3
−
c.
... [Show full abstract] The structure involves polyhedra of three types: MoO4 tetrahedra, ZrO6 octahedra, and NdO9 tricapped trigonal prisms linked by their common vertices into an original three-dimensional framework.