Zur Chemie und Strukturchemie von Phosphiden und Polyphosphiden. 44. Tricäsiumheptaphosphid Cs3P7: Darstellung,Struktur und Eigenschaften

Chemistry and Structural Chemistry of Phosphides and Ployphosphides. 44. Tricesium Heptaphosphide Cs₃P₇: Preparation, Structure, and Properties Tricesium heptaphosphide is prepared from the elements by a quantitative reaction at 1200 K in Nb ampoules. Slow cooling yield the bright yellow α-Cs₃P₇, quenching the yellow orange coloured β-Cs₃P₇. The crystalline α-Cs₃P₇ transforms at 552 K in a first order phase transition to the plastically crystalline β-Cs₃P₇. Both modifications are sensitive against moisture and oxygen and are completely soluble in ethylendiamine yielding a pale yellow solution. At room temperature the ³¹P nmr spectra of such solutions show only one singulett, which corresponds to the valence tautomerism of the P₇^3? anion. α-Cs₃P₇ crystallizes in a new structure type (P4₁, a = 904.6(1) pm; c = 1671.4(4) pm; Z = 4). The structure is formed by heptaphospha-nortricyclene anions P₇^3? and Cs⁺ cations. The cs atoms connect the anions forming a three-dimensional arrangement (d?(Cs? P) = 374 pm), not allowing the fragmentation into discrete Cs₃P₇ units. The P? P distances differ by their function in the nortricyclene anion. Each P₇ group is surrounded by 12 Cs atms. β-Cs₃P₇ crystallizes in the Li₃Bi type of structure (Fm3 M; a(573 K) = 1130.5(1)pm; Z = 4). The P atoms of the P₇^3? anions surround the Bi positions with an orienational disorder. The orientation has been investigated with a mixed crystal Ca₃(P₇)_2/3(P₁₁)_1/2 (Fm3 m; a (298 K) = 1149.5(9) pm; Z = 4).