Darstellung,Kristallstrukturen und Schwingungsspektren neuer ternärer Verbindungen mit dem Anion [N–B–N]3–

Ternary Nitridoborates. 2. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Vibrational Spectra of New Ternary Compounds with the N–B–N]^3– Anion The isotypic compounds LiM₄BN₂]₃ (M = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu) and NaM₄BN₂]₃ (M = Sr, Ba) are formed as colorless to pale yellow prismatic crystals (black with Eu) by reaction of the binary components Li₃N, M₃N₂, EuN and Na, NaN₃, Ba₃N₂ and BN in sealed niobium ampoules at 1375 and 1275 K, respectively. The linear anions N–B–N]^3– have bond lengths d(B–N) between 132.6 and 136.6 pm. Vibrational frequencies and force constants f(B–N) = 7.25–7.89 Ncm^–1 reveal significant drifts related to bond length and effective anionic charge. The cubic crystal structures (Im3m (No. 229), Z = 2; LiM₄BN₂]₃: a(Ca) = 711.5 pm; a(Sr) = 745.6 pm; a(Eu) = 742.5 pm, a(Ba) = 788.0 pm and NaM₄BN₂] ${}_{\text{3}\text{: a(Sr) = 756.8 pm; a(Ba) = 791.7 pm)) are stuffed derivatives of the β‐PtHg4}}$ structure type, and the range of existence of this cubic structure is derived from the molar volume and the ionic radii. The cations form a partial structure of centered cubes E1(E2)₈ which are condensed to a E1(E2)_8/2] network (E1 = Li, Na; E2 = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu). The remaining open cubes are filled by the BN₂]^3– anions yielding two interpenetrating E1(BN₂)_6/2] networks. Periodic Nodal Surfaces (PNS) of Im3m symmetry show the regions of different interactions.