Synthesis and structure of a calcium polyphosphate with a unique criss-cross arrangement of helical phosphate chains Lauren E. Jackson1, Benson M. Kariuki1, Mark E. Smith2, Jake E. Barralet3 and Adrian J. Wright1* 1 School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. 2 Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK 3 Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B2 Supplementary Information Contents Table 2. Atomic coordinates and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) for γ-Ca(PO3)2. Table 3. Anisotropic displacement parameters for γ-Ca(PO3)2. Table 4. Bond lengths (Å) in γ-Ca(PO3)2. Table 5. Selected P-O-P angles (°) in γ-Ca(PO3)2. Table 6. Atomic coordinates from Rietveld analysis of powder X-ray diffraction collected on γ-Ca(PO3)2. Table 7. FT-IR tabulated data in γ-Ca(PO3)2. Figure 9. X-ray powder diffraction profile from the Rietveld analysis of β-Ca(PO3)2, with observed data as crosses and calculated and difference as continuous lines. The tick marks indicate the reflection positions. Figure 10. Extended bands. 31 P MASNMR spectrum of γ-Ca(PO3)2 showing spinning side 1 Table 2. Atomic coordinates and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) for γ-Ca(PO3)2 from single crystal X-ray diffraction. U(eq) is defined as one third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor. Type x O(1) 0.3518(4) O(2) y z U(eq) -0.2837(4) 0.7239(3) 0.013(1) 0.5078(4) -0.2809(4) 0.5444(3) 0.010(1) O(3) 0.4848(3) -0.0570(4) 0.6691(3) 0.011(1) O(4) 0.6853(3) -0.3793(4) 0.4121(3) 0.010(1) O(5) 0.5863(3) -0.1376(4) 0.3582(3) 0.009(1) O(6) 0.7520(4) -0.1778(4) 0.5565(3) 0.010(1) O(7) 0.5935(4) 0.1851(4) 0.5609(3) 0.013(1) O(8) 0.7179(4) 0.1900(4) 0.3490(3) 0.014(1) O(9) 0.7900(3) 0.3573(4) 0.5227(3) 0.010(1) O(10) 0.5616(3) 0.3926(4) 0.4123(3) 0.011(1) O(11) 0.7050(4) 0.4605(4) 0.2255(3) 0.011(1) O(12) 0.4691(3) 0.5803(3) 0.2623(3) 0.011(1) P(1) 0.4086(1) -0.1878(1) 0.6294(1) 0.007(1) P(2) 0.6373(1) -0.2326(1) 0.4659(1) 0.007(1) P(3) 0.6624(1) 0.2664(1) 0.4600(1) 0.007(1) P(4) 0.6021(1) 0.5141(1) 0.3133(1) 0.007(1) Ca(1) 0.7255(1) 0.0081(1) 0.7168(1) 0.008(1) Ca(2) 0.3981(1) 0.1796(1) 0.6998(1) 0.009(1) 2 Table 3. Anisotropic displacement parameters for γ-Ca(PO3)2. The anisotropic displacement factor exponent takes the form: -2 π2 [ h2 a*2 U11 + .. + 2 h k a* b* U12 ]. U11 U22 U33 U23 U13 U12 O(1) 0.014(2) 0.016(2) 0.007(2) 0.004(1) 0.000(1) -0.001(2) O(2) 0.010(2) 0.013(2) 0.009(1) 0.000(1) 0.003(1) -0.003(1) O(3) 0.008(2) 0.013(2) 0.010(2) 0.000(1) -0.003(1) 0.001(2) O(4) 0.007(2) 0.009(2) 0.012(2) -0.002(1) -0.002(1) -0.001(1) O(5) 0.011(2) 0.011(2) 0.005(2) 0.005(1) -0.004(1) 0.000(1) O(6) 0.010(2) 0.013(2) 0.007(2) 0.000(1) -0.006(1) 0.000(1) O(7) 0.009(2) 0.018(2) 0.012(2) 0.005(1) -0.002(1) 0.000(1) O(8) 0.014(2) 0.015(2) 0.013(2) -0.003(2) -0.001(2) 0.004(1) O(9) 0.009(2) 0.010(2) 0.009(2) 0.002(1) -0.006(1) 0.000(1) O(10) 0.008(2) 0.014(2) 0.009(2) 0.002(1) -0.003(1) 0.001(1) O(11) 0.013(2) 0.010(2) 0.011(2) 0.000(2) 0.002(1) 0.003(1) O(12) 0.008(2) 0.010(2) 0.014(2) 0.001(1) -0.002(1) 0.002(1) P(1) 0.005(1) 0.008(1) 0.006(1) 0.000(1) -0.002(1) 0.000(1) P(2) 0.006(1) 0.008(1) 0.005(1) 0.001(1) -0.001(1) 0.001(1) P(3) 0.005(1) 0.007(1) 0.007(1) 0.000(1) -0.002(1) -0.001(1) P(4) 0.005(1) 0.008(1) 0.006(1) 0.001(1) -0.001(1) 0.000(1) Ca(1) 0.007(1) 0.008(1) 0.010(1) 0.000(1) -0.001(1) 0.000(1) Ca(2) 0.007(1) 0.010(1) 0.009(1) 0.001(1) -0.002(1) 0.000(1) 3 Table 4. Bond lengths (Å) in γ-Ca(PO3)2 P1-O1 1.46659(2) Ca1-O1 2.31703(4) P1-O2 1.60060(2) Ca1-O3 2.40651(5) P1-O3 1.48641(3) Ca1-O5 2.38343(4) P1-O9 1.59486(3) Ca1-O6 2.44878(4) P2-O2 1.59081(3) Ca1-O7 2.60527(4) P2-O4 1.58003(3) Ca1-O8 2.33317(4) P2-O5 1.49431(3) Ca1-O12 2.49538(5) P2-O6 1.49442(3) Ca2-O3 2.42404(5) P3-O7 1.48663(2) Ca2-O5 2.39601(5) P3-O8 1.48608(3) Ca2-O6 2.39728(4) P3-O9 1.60093(3) Ca2-O7 2.42880(5) P3-O10 1.59842(3) Ca2-O8 2.68800(4) P4-O4 1.61581(3) Ca2-O11 2.30560(4) P4-O10 1.60798(3) Ca2-O12 2.45631(5) P4-O11 1.47188(3) P4-O12 1.48759(3) 4 Table 5 Selected P-O-P angles (°) in γ-Ca(PO3)2. O1-P1-O2 106.304(2) O7-P3-O8 119.075(2) O1-P1-O3 121.991(1) O7-P3-O9 110.740(2) O1-P1-O9 110.724(1) O7-P3-O10 108.834(1) O2-P1-O3 108.513(1 O8-P3-O9 106.190(1) O2-P1-O9 100.776(2) O8-P3-O10 111.340(1) O3-P1-O9 106.492(1) O9-P3-O10 98.733(2) O2-P2-O4 100.267(1) O4-P4-O12 109.772(1) O2-P2-O5 109.120(1) O10-P4-O11 110.041(1) O2-P2-O6 110.100(2) O10-P4-O12 107.258(1) O4-P2-O5 110.925(2 O11-P4-O12 121.069(2) O4-P2-O6 108.146(1) O5-P2-O6 116.988(1) 5 Table 6. Atomic coordinates from Rietveld analysis of powder X-ray diffraction collected on γ-Ca(PO3)2. Atom x y z Ui/Ue*100 O1 0.346(1) -0.278(1) 0.723(1) 0.8(1) O2 0.519(1) -0.287(1) 0.548(1) 0.8(1) O3 0.478(1) -0.067(1) 0.658(1) 0.8(1) O4 0.680(1) -0.377(1) 0.413(1) 0.8(1) O5 0.605(1) -0.142(1) 0.364(1) 0.8(1) O6 0.759(1) -0.168(1) 0.565(1) 0.8(1) O7 0.596(1) 0.192(1) 0.563(1) 0.8(1) O8 0.715(1) 0.200(1) 0.350(1) 0.8(1) O9 0.792(1) 0.360(1) 0.516(1) 0.8(1) O10 0.564(1) 0.407(1) 0.418(1) 0.8(1) O11 0.696(1) 0.464(1) 0.223(1) 0.8(1) O12 0.484(1) 0.577(1) 0.252(1) 0.8(1) P1 0.405(1) -0.192(1) 0.629(1) 2.2(1) P2 0.631(1) -0.230(1) 0.467(1) 2.2(1) P3 0.655(1) 0.256(1) 0.461(1) 2.2(1) P4 0.603(1) 0.514(1) 0.314(1) 2.2(1) Ca1 0.719(1) 0.008(1) 0.721(1) 1.8(1) Ca2 0.392(1) 0.179(1) 0.698(1) 1.8(1) Lattice parameters; a = 9.5820(2)Å, b = 9.5190(2)Å, c = 10.3907(2)Å, β = 93.4782(8)°; Cell volume = 945.98(3)Å3, Space group = Cc 6 Table 7 FT-IR tabulated data in γ-Ca(PO3)2. Frequency (cm-1) Assignment 850-920 υas(POP) 940-1020 υs(PO3) 1080-1110 υs(PO2) 1160-1170 υas(PO3) 1230-1250 υas(PO2) Figure 9 X-ray powder diffraction profile from the Rietveld analysis of β-Ca(PO3)2, with observed data as crosses and calculated and difference as continuous lines. The tick marks indicate the reflection positions. 7 Figure 10 Extended bands. 31 P MASNMR spectrum of γ-Ca(PO3)2 showing spinning side 8
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