| Abstract: | A New Samarium Nitride Sulfide: Sm4N2S3 The oxidation of samarium with sulfur in the presence of SmCl3 and NaN3 as nitrogen source (molar ratio: 12:9:4:2, evacuated silica vessel, some NaCl as flux, 850°C, 7 d) yields Sm4N2S3 as lath-shaped, dark red single crystals. The by-products (NaCl and NaSm2Cl6) are rinsed with water from the crude product. The crystal structure of Sm4N2S3 (monoclinic, C2/m (no. 12), Z = 2, a = 1 318.04(12), b = 391.57(2), c = 1 031.76(9) pm, β = 130.874(6)°, R = 0.036, Rw = 0.031) contains two crystallographically different Sm3+, both in sixfold coordination of the anions. Besides distorted octahedra [(Sm1)N3S3] and [(Sm2)NS5], tetrahedra [(N3?)(Sm )] connected via two cis-oriented edges to form chains  [N(Sm1)3/3(Sm2)1/1]3+ build up the Mayn structural feature. These are arranged in the fashion of a closest packing of rods and held together by two crystallographically different S2? anions which take care for charge neutrality and three-dimensional interconnection. |
