A new indium(III) silicate, K
2In(OH)(Si
4O
10), has been synthesized by a high-temperature, high-pressure hydrothermalmethod. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
m (No. 11) with
a = 11.410(1) Å,
b = 8.373(1) Å,
c =11.611(1) Å,
= 112.201(2)
, and
Z = 4. The structure, which is analogous to that of K
2CuSi
4O
10, consists ofunbranched vierer 4-fold chains of corner-sharing SiO
4 tetrahedra running along the
b axis linked together viacorner sharing by chains of
trans-corner-sharing InO
4(OH)
2 octahedra to form a 3-D framework which de
limits8-ring and 6-ring channels to accommodate K
+ cations. The presence of hydroxyl groups is confirmed by IRspectroscopy. The
29Si MAS NMR exhibits four resonances at -88.6, -90.1, -97.4, and -98.2 ppm correspondingto four distinct crystallographic Si sites. A
1H
29Si CP/MAS NMR experiment was performed to assign the fourresonances.