Antimonate

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In chemistry an antimonate is a compound which contains a

metal oxides and antimony pentoxide
, Sb2O5.

Historically these compounds were assumed to be analogous to the phosphates and formulas such as LiSbO3·3H2O and Na2H2Sb2O7·5H2O were used and the compounds described as hydrated meta-antimonates and pyro-antimonates. LiSbO3·3H2O is now known to be LiSb(OH)6 and contain the Sb(OH)
6
anion and that Na2H2Sb2O7·5H2O is actually NaSb(OH)6.
[1]

Some examples of antimonates and their structures are shown below:

  • Li3SbO4 has a NaCl superstructure with isolated Sb
    4
    O12−
    16
    units.[2]
  • Sodium antimonate, NaSbO3, has the ilmenite structure, with hexagonal close packed oxide ions with each ion, Na+ and Sb5+ occupying a third of the octahedral sites.[1]
  • MgSb2O6 has the trirutile structure, which is similar to the rutile structure except that there are two different cations in the lattice.[1]
  • AlSbO4 has the rutile structure with random occupancy.[1]
  • Lead antimonate, Pb2Sb2O7, Naples yellow, has the pyrochlore structure.[1]
  • Calcium antimonate, Ca2Sb2O7, has the weberite structure.[1]
  • Ferric ortho-antimonate, Fe2O3·Sb2O5 or
    FeSbO4, has the rutile structure with random occupancy.[1]

Antimonate in chemical nomenclature

IUPAC recommendations are that compounds with anions containing antimony(V) have the antimonate(V) suffix or antimonate followed by a charge number, for example the Sb(OH)
6
ion would be called hexahydridoxidoantimonate(V) or alternatively hexahydroxidoantimonate(1−).
[3]

See also

References

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  3. ^ Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry—IUPAC Recommendations 2005 Red Book 2005.pdf