“…[46] The bands of the sulfate groups, in particular their asymmetric S-O stretching vibrations, of the four compounds 1-4 can be observed at 1112 and 1186 cm -1 for 1, 1292 and 1112 cm -1 for 2, and 1112 cm -1 for 3-4, which are, e.g., reported for Bi 2 O(SO 4 ) (IO 3 ) 2 and BiCu 2 (TeO 3 )(SO 4 )(OH) 3 with bands at 1130 and 1069 cm -1 , 1110, 1092, and 1071 cm -1 , respectively. [29,31] The S-O asymmetric bending vibrations are found at 646, 621, and 586 cm -1 for 1, 617, 582 cm -1 for 2, 642, 617, and 592 cm -1 for 3, 642, 617, and 587 cm -1 for 4, in agreement with the Na 6 M(SO 4 ) 4 •2H 2 O (M = Co, Ni) with bands at 619 and 620 cm -1 . [47] The bands at 893 and 942 cm -1 in the infrared spectrum of 2 are assigned to the S-O symmetric stretching vibration.…”