Tt‐Tt (Tt = Si,Ge) Dumb‐Bell Structures at Different Valence Electron Concentrations: Ln2MgSi2 (Ln = La,Ce), Yb2Li0.5Ge2, and Yb1.75Mg0.75Si2 |
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| Authors: | Qinxing Xie Christof Kubata Michael Wörle Reinhard Nesper Prof Dr |
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| Institution: | 1. Zürich / Switzerland, Laboratorium für Anorganische Chemie, ETH Zürich;2. Current address: Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo ON N2L 3G1, Canada;3. Zürich / Switzerland, Collegium Helveticum, Common Institution of ETH and University of Zürich |
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| Abstract: | The isostructural compounds Yb2MgSi2, La2.05Mg0.95Si2, and Ce2.05Mg0.95Si2, as well as Yb2Li0.5Ge2 and Yb1.75Mg0.75Si2, respectively, were synthesized from stoichiometric mixtures of the corresponding elements in sealed Nb‐ ampoules under argon atmosphere. The structures were determined by single crystal X‐ray diffraction: Yb2MgSi2 (P4/mbm (No. 127), a = 7.056(1), c = 4.130(1) Å3, Z = 2), La2.05Mg0.95Si2 (P4/mbm, a = 7.544(1), c = 4.464(1) Å3, Z = 2), and Ce2.05Mg0.95Si2 (P4/mbm, a = 7.425(1), c = 4.370(1) Å3, Z = 2), Yb2Li0.5Ge2 (Pnma (No. 62), a = 7.0601(6), b = 14.628(1), c = 7.6160(7) Å, V = 786.5Å3, Z = 4), Yb1.75Mg0.75Si2 (Pnma, a = 6.9796(1), b = 14.4009(1), c = 7.5357(1) Å, V = 757.43(2) Å3, Z = 4). All compounds contain exclusively Tt‐Tt dumb‐bells (Tt = Si, Ge). The Si‐Si Zintl anions exhibit only very small variations of bond lengths which seem to be more due to cation matrix effects than to effective bond orders. |
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| Keywords: | Dumb‐bell Electron localization function (ELF) ZintlKlemm concept Zintl phases |
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