OnemoreCompound Containing the CBN4- Ion – Synthesis, Single-crystal Structure and Vibrational Spectra of Ca15(CBN)6(C2)2F2

Abstract

Single crystals of Ca15(CBN)6(C2)2F2 were obtained by the reaction of graphite, hexagonal BN and CaF2 with an excess of distilled Ca metal in silica-jacketed Ta ampoules at 1300 K. The title compound is transparent red and crystallizes isopointal to Ca15(CBN)6(C2)2O adopting the cubic space group Ia 3̄d (no. 230, Z = 8) with the cell parameter a = 1653.6(4) pm. Its vibrational spectra are compared with IR and Raman data of similar compounds from the literature and with the newly measured Raman spectra of Ca5(BC2)(C2)Cl3 and Ca9(BC2)2Cl8.