Nitrido-silicate. II [1]. Hochtemperatur-Synthesen und Kristallstrukturen von Sr2Si5N8 und Ba2Si5N8

Nitrido-Silicates. II. High Temperature Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Sr₂Si₅N₈ and Ba₂Si₅N₈ Pure Sr₂Si₅N₈ and Ba₂Si₅N₈ were obtained by reaction of silicon diimide with metallic strontium and barium, respectively. The reactions have been carried out under nitrogen atmosphere in a specially developed high-frequency furnace at temperatures between 1 550 and 1 650°C. Sr₂Si₅N₈ (Pmn2₁, a = 571.0(2), b = 682.2(2), c = 934.1(2) pm, Z = 2, R = 0.037, wR = 0.021) and Ba₂Si₅N₈ (Pmn2₁, a = 578.3(2), b = 695.9(2), c = 939.1(2) pm, Z = 2, R = 0.022, wR = 0.018) are isotypic and contain M²⁺ ions as well as a three-dimensional covalent network structure of corner-sharing SiN₄ tetrahedra. Two sorts of N occur with molar ratio 1 : 1 which are bonded to two and three Si, respectively. Predominantly, the N which are bonded to two Si belong to the coordination spheres of the M²⁺ ions.