Volume 624, Issue 11 pp. 1787-1790
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Orthorhombic Inverse Perovskitic Ba3TtO (Tt = Ge, Si) as Zintl Phases

Baoquan Huang

Baoquan Huang

Ames/USA, Ames Laboratory–DOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University

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John D. Corbett Professor Dr.

John D. Corbett Professor Dr.

Ames/USA, Ames Laboratory–DOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University

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Abstract

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The isotypic title compounds are obtained in high yield from the reactions of Ba, BaO, and Ge (Si) in welded Ta containers slowly cooled from 1100 °C. The structure of Ba3GeO was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (orthorhombic symmetry; Pnma (No. 62); a = 7.591(1), b = 10.728(1), c = 7.551(1) Å; Z = 4; R = 0.058, Rw = 0.065 for 780 reflections (I > 3σ(I)) with 2θmax = 60°)). The structure consists of slightly deformed OBa6 octahedra that are tilted by £ 14° with respect to their positions in the ideal inverse perovskite structure. These distortions optimize eight of the original twelve equal Ba–Ge distances. The ideal cubic Ca3SiO (a = 4.699(1) Å) has also been synthesized.

Abstract

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Orthorhombische inverse Perowskite BaTtO (Tt = Ge, Si) als Zintl-Phasen

Die isotypen inversen Perowskite BaTtO (Tt = Ge, Si) wurden in hohen Ausbeuten durch Reaktion von Ba, BaO und Ge (Si) beim langsamen Abkühlen von 1100 °C in verschweißten Ta-Ampullen erhalten. Die Struktur von Ba3GeO wurde aus Einkristalldaten bestimmt (orthorhombisch; Pnma (Nr. 62), a = 7,591(1), b = 10,728(1), c = 7,551(1) Å, Z = 4, R = 0,058, Rw = 0,065 für 780 Reflexe (I > 3σ(I) mit 2θmax = 60°). Die Struktur besteht aus leicht verzerrten OBa6-Oktaedern, die in bezug auf ihre Lagen in der idealen inversen Perowskit-Struktur um £ 14° verkantet sind. Diese Verzerrungen optimieren acht der ursprünglich zwölf gleichen Abstände Ba–Ge. Das ideal-kubische Ca3SiO (a = 4,699(1) Å) wurde ebenfalls synthetisiert.

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