Abstract: | The orange cerium‐niobium‐oxysulfide Ce3NbO4S3 was synthesized by the solid state reaction of CeO2, Ce‐metal, Nb2O5 and sulfur at 1100 °C. The crystal structure has orthorhombic symmetry (space group Pbam, a = 7.055(1), b = 14.571(3), c = 7.627(2) Å, Z = 4) and contains isolated Nb2S4O6]10? ions consisting of two strongly distorted, edge sharing NbO3SS2/2 octahedra. Niobium is connected to three oxygen and three sulfur atoms. The cerium atoms are eightfold coordinated by oxygen and sulfur atoms. Certain oxygen and sulfur atoms are not connected to niobium, but exclusively surrounded by cerium. By connecting these cation polyhedra, one recognizes layers of polycations perpendicular to the c‐axis. The magnetic susceptibility shows Curie‐Weiss behavior with an effective magnetic moment μeff = 2.63(1) μB/Ce in agreement with Ce3+. A Weiss‐constant θp = –12(1) K indicates weak antiferromagnetic coupling. No magnetic ordering was detected above 2 K. |