Abstract
Single crystals of triclinic Pr(2)(B(2)O(5))(MoO(4)) were prepared from an incongruently melting flux in the system Pr(2)O(3)-MoO(3)-B(2)O(3) in a platinum crucible in an atmosphere of air. In the crystal structure, distorted edge-sharing [PrO(8)] square anti-prisms form a three-dimensional framework. These are further linked by isolated [MoO(4)] tetra-hedra and isolated pyroborate groups [B(2)O(5)], the latter consisting of two independent trigonal [BO(3)] groups sharing one O atom. The [MoO(4)] tetra-hedra and the [B(2)O(5)] groups are arranged in alternating layers parallel to the ab plane.