Abstract: | Pr(BO2)3 and PrCl(BO2)2: Two Praseodymium meta‐Borates in Comparison Single‐crystalline PrCl(BO2)2 can be obtained by the reaction of praseodymium, Pr6O11 and PrCl3 with a small excess of B2O3 in evacuated silica tubes after seven days at 850 °C. If NaCl is additionally used as flux, single crystals of Pr(BO2)3 dominate the main product. Both praseodymium(III) meta‐borates are air and water stable. The crystals of PrCl(BO2)2 emerge as long, thin, pale green needles which tend to severe twinning due to their fibrous habit. The crystal structure (triclinic, P1¯; a = 420.56(4), b = 655.42(7), c = 808.34(8) pm, α = 82.361(8), β = 89.173(9), γ = 71.980(7)°, Z = 2) exhibits zigzag chains {[(B1)ot1/1Oe2/2(B2)Ot1/1Oe2/2]2−} (≡ {[BO2]−}) of corner‐linked [BO3]3− triangles with syndiotactic orientation of the terminal oxygen atoms which are running parallel to the [100] direction. The Pr3+ cations are surrounded by three Cl− and seven O2− anions with the shape of a tetracapped trigonal prism. The green, transparent crystals of Pr(BO2)3 (monoclinic, C2/c; a= 984.98(9), b = 809.57(8), c = 641.02(6) pm, β = 126.783(9)°, Z = 4) appear either lath‐shaped or rather spherical. In the crystal structure the B3+ cations reside both in trigonal planar as well as in tetrahedral coordination of oxygen atoms. Both types of borate polyhedra ([BO3]3− and [BO4]5−) are linked via corners to form chains of the composition {[(B2)‐Ot1/1Oe2/2(B1)Oe4/2(B2)Ot1/1Oe2/2]3−} (≡ {[BO2]−}) which run parallel [101]. The coordination sphere of the Pr3+ cations consists of ten oxide anions which build up a bicapped square antiprism. |