Zur Kenntnis von Tripraseodym‐hexanitridotriborat Pr3B3N6: Neue Synthese und Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur

On Tripraseodymium Hexanitridotriborate Pr₃B₃N₆: New Synthesis and Crystal Structure Refinement Single‐crystalline Pr₃B₃N₆ was obtained by the reaction of praseodymium and BN_x(NH)_y(NH₂)_z in a NaCl melt under N₂ atmosphere in a high‐frequency furnace at 1250 °C. Contrary to literature data, Pr₃B₃N₆ crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group R 3 c as revealed by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction (a = 1211.95(9), c = 701.53(7) pm, Z = 6, R1 = 0.0258, wR2 = 0.0658). In the solid, Pr₃B₃N₆ contains Pr³⁺ and planar cyclotrinitridoborate units B₃N₆^9–. The anions represent motifs from the structure of hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) and they are stacked analogously along 001]. Both the bond lengths B–N (average value 147.8 pm) and the interionic distances between the anions (350.8 pm) are comparable with the values in h‐BN.