Polyselenide mit langkettigen Tetraalkylammoniumionen Die Kristallstruktur von Trimethyl-tetradecyl-ammonium-hexaselenid

Polyselenides with Long-chain Tetraalkylammonium Ions. Crystal Structure of Trimethyltetradecyl-ammonium Hexaselenide Na₂Se₂ and Na₂Se react with various tetraalkylammonium halides in ethanol and in presence of grey selenium and catalytic quantities of iodine forming different polyselenides Se_n^2? (n = 3, 5—9). In the solutions equilibria of polyselenides seem to occur; cooling of saturated solutions causes crystallization of polyselenides with a composition depending on the cation. Tri- and pentaselenide are dark green. The higher members form black crystals, all compounds are sensitive to oxygen. The i.r. spectra are reported. [(CH₃)₃N(CH₂)₁₃CH₃]₂Se₆ is characterized by a crystallographic structure determination with X-ray data: space group P2₁2₁2, Z = 4, a = 5043, b = 734.2, c = 600.3 pm (986 observed independent reflexions. R = 0.072). The compound consists of trimethyl tetradecylammonium ions and angular Se₆^2? chains of symmetry C₂ with Se? Se bond lengths of 227 and 235 pm.