Serendipitous Formation of Single-Crystalline Eu2O2[SO4]

Serendipitous Formation of Single-Crystalline Eu2O2[SO4] Serendipitous Formation of Single- Crystalline Eu2O2[SO4] Ingo Hartenbach, Thomas Schleid* Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart Keywords: Crystal structure; Rare earth compound In an attempt to synthesize cesium europium thiosilicate CsEu[SiS4] [1] by reaction of europium, sulfur and silicon disulfide (SiS2) with an excess of cesium chloride as flux in evacuated silica ampoule