Ternäre Halogenide vom Typ A3MX6. I A3YCl6 (A = K,NH4, Rb,Cs): Synthese,Strukturen, Thermisches Verhalten. Über einige analoge Chloride der Lanthanide

Ternary Halides of the A₃MX₆ Type I. A₃YCI₆ (A = K, NH₄, Rb, Cs): Synthesis, Structures, Thermal Behaviour. Some Analogous Chlorides of the Lanthanides Reaction of the trichlorides MCl₃ (M = Y, Tb? Lu) with alkali chlorides AC1 (A = K, Rb, Cs) in evacuated silica ampoules at 850?900°C yields A₃MCl₆-type chlorides. (NH₄)₃YCl₆ is obtained via the ammonium-chloride route. The crystal structure of Rb₃YCl₆ (monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), Z = 8, a = 2583(1)pm, b = 788.9(4)pm, c = 1283.9(7)pm, p = 99.63(4)°, R = 0.062, R_w = 0.050) is that of Cs₃BiCl₆. The Rb₃YCl₆/Cs₃BiCl₆ structure and the closely related structures of K₃MoCl₆ and In₂CI₃ are derived from the elpasolite-type of structure (K₂NaAlF₆) making use of the model of closest-packed layer structures. Cell parameters for the chlorides Rb₃MCl₆ (M = Y, Tb? Lu) and Cs₃YCl₆ and Cs₃ErCl₆ as well, which are all isostructural with Rb₃YCl₆, are given. The “system” (K, NH₄, Rb, Cs)YCl₆ has been investigated by DTA and high-temperature X-ray powder diffractometry.