Abstract
Abstract The stannides SrPdSn (TiNiSi type, orthorhombic space group Pnma) and m-BaPtSn (EuNiGe type, monoclinic space group P21/c) were synthesized from the elements in sealed tantalum ampoules in a high-frequency furnace. Their structures were refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. SrPdSn crystallizes directly from the melt and is stable upon annealing at T = 1073 K. A BaPtSn sample quenched from the melt adopts the cubic LaIrSi-type structure, cubic space group P213 (c-BaPtSn) and shows a temperature induced (annealing at 1070 K) structural phase transition leading to a EuNiGe-type low-temperature modification m-BaPtSn. The phase transition leads to a reconstruction within the polyanionic [PtSn] δ− network. The latter is three-dimensional and composed of ten-membered Pt5Sn5 rings in c-BaPtSn, while the polyanion is two-dimensional in m-BaPtSn and is composed of condensed Pt4Sn4 and Pt2Sn2 rings. The two-dimensional substructure leads to a strong moisture sensitivity for m-BaPtSn. The Pt–Sn distances in both modifications range from 257 to 267 pm, indicating substantial covalent bonding.
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