New Transition‐Metal Borides containing Trigonal‐Planar B4‐Units: Syntheses and Single‐Crystal Structure Analyses of Ti1.6Os2.4B2 and Ti1–xFexOs2RhB2 (0 < x < 0.5)

Single crystals of Ti_1.6Os_2.4B₂ and the solid solution Ti_1–xFe_xOs₂RhB₂ (0 < x < 0.5) were synthesized by arc‐melting the elements in a water‐cooled copper crucible under an argon atmosphere. The new silver‐like phases, structurally characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray and EDX analyses, crystallize in the hexagonal Ti_1.6Os_1.4RuB₂ structure type (space group (Nr. 189), Z = 3) and contain trigonal‐planar B₄‐units and one‐dimensional chains of titanium or mixed titanium/iron atoms, respectively.