Stoichiometric CeCuOS--a well-behaved Ce(III) layered oxysulfide

Michael J Pitcher; Catherine F Smura; Simon J Clarke

doi:10.1021/ic9012262

Stoichiometric CeCuOS--a well-behaved Ce(III) layered oxysulfide

Inorg Chem. 2009 Oct 5;48(19):9054-6. doi: 10.1021/ic9012262.

Authors

Michael J Pitcher¹, Catherine F Smura, Simon J Clarke

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK.

PMID: 19715317
DOI: 10.1021/ic9012262

Abstract

The reported anomalously small cell volume and magnetic moment of the layered oxysulfide CeCuOS are apparently the results of copper deficiency arising from exposure to ambient moist air; the stoichiometric compound does exist and is a well-behaved Ce(III) compound.