Darstellung und Kristallstruktur des Lithium‐Strontium‐Hydridnitrids LiSr2H2N

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the Lithium Strontium Hydride Nitride LiSr₂H₂N LiSr₂H₂N was synthesized by the reaction of LiH and Li₃N with elemental strontium in sealed tantalum tubes at 650 °C within seven days. This second example of a quaternary hydride nitride crystallizes orthorhombically in space group Pnma (no. 62) with the lattice constants a = 747.14(5) pm, b = 370.28(3) pm and c = 1329.86(9) pm (Z = 4). Its crystal structure contains both kinds of anions H^? and N^3? in a sixfold distorted octahedral metal cation coordination each. The coordination polyhedra (H1)Sr₅Li]¹⁰⁺, trans‐(H2)Sr₄Li₂]⁹⁺ and NSr₅Li]⁸⁺ are connected via edges and corners to form a three‐dimensional network. Two crystallographically different Sr²⁺ cations exhibit a sevenfold monocapped trigonal prismatic coordination by H^? and N^3? with (Sr1)H₅N₂]^9? and (Sr2)H₄N₃]^11? polyhedra, wheras Li⁺ shows a nearly planar fourfold coordinative environment (LiH₃N]^5?). Cationic double chains of edge‐shared NSr₅Li]⁸⁺ octahedra dominate the structure according to . Running parallel to the 0 1 0] direction, they are bundled like a hexagonal rod‐packing which is interconnected by H^? anions within the (0 0 1) plane first and finally even in the third dimension (i. e. along 0 0 1]). Therefore the structure of LiSr₂H₂N is compared to that one of the closely related quaternary hydride oxide LiLa₂HO₃.