Synthesis and structural properties of the binary framework C-N compounds of Be, Mg, Al, and Tl

Darrick Williams; Brett Pleune; Kurt Leinenweber; John Kouvetakis

doi:10.1006/jssc.2001.9192

Synthesis and structural properties of the binary framework C-N compounds of Be, Mg, Al, and Tl

Darrick Williams, Brett Pleune, Kurt Leinenweber, John Kouvetakis

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The synthesis of crystalline Be(CN)₂ and Mg(CN)₂ has been demonstrated and X-ray diffraction studies indicate simple-cubic structures with four-coordinate metal atoms surrounded by an average of two N and two C atoms. The symmetry of Be(CN)₂ is Pn3̄m, a = 5.339(1) Å, Z = 2. The symmetry of Mg(CN)₂ is also Pn3̄m, a = 6.122(1) Å, Z = 2. A thallium cyanide with composition Tl(CN)₂ was prepared and was shown to have a similar simple-cubic structure with a = 6.660(1) Å. On the basis of the X-ray diffraction pattern, IR spectra, and combustion analysis, this material is assigned the formula Tl^ITl^III(CN)₄. Crystalline Al(CN)₃ with simple-cubic structure has been prepared for the first time. Rietveld refinement indicated that the structure incorporates CN groups with orientational disorder in a Prussian-blue-like octahedral network. ²⁷Al NMR spectroscopy confirmed C,N disorder in cubic Al(CN)₃. The symmetry for Al(CN)₃ is Pm3̄m, a = 5.205(1) Å.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	244-250
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume	159
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/jssc.2001.9192
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Framework structures
Main-group cyanides
Prussian blue

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
Condensed Matter Physics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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