New sodium-rich mixed Mn/In chalcogenido metallates Na 12 MnIn 2 Q 10 (Q = S, Se)

The sodium-rich sulfido and selenido metallates Na12MnIn2 Q 10 (Q = S/Se) were synthesized in pure phase from melts composed of stoichiometric quantities of the manganese monochalcogenides MnQ, elemental indium and the chalcogens together with either Na2S (Q = S) or elemental sodium (Q = Se) as starting material. The samples were heated up to maximum temperatures of 1000/900 °C under an argon atmosphere; crystallization was achieved by slow cooling rates of 10 K h−1. The two isotypic compounds (monoclinic, space group P21/m, a = 678.26(2)/698.85(10), b = 2202.77(7)/2298.7(3), c = 766.39(3)/800.59(13) pm, β = 90.232(2)/90.147(5)°, Z = 2, R1 = 0.0516/0.0575) crystallize in a new structure type. According to the division of the formula as Na12[InQ 4][MnInQ 6] the salts contain ortho indate anions [InIII Q 4]5− besides hetero-bimetallic dimers [MnIIInIII Q 6]7−, which consist of two edge-sharing [MQ 4] tetrahedra. The seven crystallographically different sodium cations exhibit an either tetrahedral or octahedral coordination by the chalcogen atoms. Thus, the overall structure of the salt is best described by a hexagonal close packing of the sulfide/selenide anions, in which the octahedral voids of every second interlayer section are fully occupied by the (overall 5/f.u.) Na + positions with CN = 6. In the other half of the interlayer sheets, all tetrahedral voids (overall 10/f.u.) are occupied by the seven CN = 4 Na + cations, one In3+ of the ortho anion and the two Mn2+/In3+ cations (which statistically occupy one crystallographic site). This structure relation is also verified by a Bärnighausen group-subgroup tree connecting the h.c.p. (Mg type) aristotype (with its tetrahedral and octahedral voids) by an overall index of 60 with the structure of the two title compounds.

The new sodium tellurido manganates(II) Na2Mn2Te3, Na2Mn3Te4, Na2 AMnTe3 (A=K, Rb), and NaCsMnTe2

A series of new sodium and mixed Na/A (A = K, Rb, Cs) tellurido manganates have been synthesized from melts of the pure elements (or MnTe) at maximum temperatures of 600–1000°C. The monoclinic crystal structures of the two pure sodium salts Na2Mn2Te3 (space group C2/c, a = 1653.68(2), b = 1482.57(2), c = 773.620(10) pm, β = 117.52°, Z = 8, R1 = 0.0225) and Na2Mn3Te4 (space group C2/m, a = 1701.99(3), b = 438.741(8), c = 691.226(12) pm, β = 90.3171(8)°, Z = 2, R1 = 0.0270) are both based on a hexagonal close packed Te2− arrangement. Na2Mn2Te3 is isotypic with Na2Mn2S3 and Na2Mn2Se3 and contains layers of [MnTe4] tetrahedra, which are connected via common edges to form tetramers [Mn4Te6]. These tetramers are further connected via μ 3-Te atoms. Na2Mn3Te4 crystallizes in a new structure type, recently also reported for the selenido salt Na2Mn3Se4. Mn(2) forms ribbons of vertex-sharing dinuclear units ∞ 1 [ Te 2 / 2 MnTe 2 MnTe 2 / 2 ] $_\infty ^1[{\rm{T}}{{\rm{e}}_{2/2}}{\rm{MnT}}{{\rm{e}}_2}{\rm{MnT}}{{\rm{e}}_{2/2}}]$ running along the short b axis of the monoclinic cell. The Te atoms of these ribbons are also the ligands of edge-sharing [Mn(1)Te6] chains of octahedra. Similar to Na2Mn2Te3, the Na+ cations are octahedrally coordinated and the cations occupy tetrahedral (Mn2+) and octahedral (Na+, Mn2+) voids in the close Te2− packing. The isotypic K/Rb salts Na2 AMnTe3 crystallize in a new structure type (orthorhombic, space group Pmc21, a = 1069.70(4)/1064.34(2), b = 1350.24(5)/1350.47(3), c = 1238.82(4)/1236.94(3) pm, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0445/0.0210). In contrast to the simple formula indicating a Mn(III) compound, the complex structure contains one layer consisting of undulated chains of edge-sharing tetrahedra ∞ 1 [ Mn II Te 4 / 2 ] $_\infty ^1[{\rm{M}}{{\rm{n}}^{{\rm{II}}}}{\rm{T}}{{\rm{e}}_{4/2}}]$ separated by free ditelluride dumbbells [Te2]2− and a second layer containing a complex chain of edge- and vertex-sharing [MnIITe4] tetrahedra, in which Mn(II) is coordinated to μ 1- and μ 2-Te2− ligands and an η 1-ditellurido ligand. The cesium salt NaCsMnTe2 (orthorhombic, space group Cccm, a = 694.21(2), b = 1536.57(4), c = 664.47(2) pm, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0131) likewise forms a new structure type, which is an ordered superstructure of ThCr2Si2. Linear chains ∞ 1 [ MnTe 4 / 2 ] $_\infty ^1[{\rm{MnT}}{{\rm{e}}_{4/2}}]$ of edge-sharing tetrahedra are connected with similar chains ∞ 1 [ NaTe 4 / 2 ] $_\infty ^1[{\rm{NaT}}{{\rm{e}}_{4/2}}]$ to form [NaMnTe2] layers. The larger alkali cations Cs+ between the layers exhibit a cubic (CN = 8) coordination.