Cd4As2Br3

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2014 Feb 26;70(Pt 3):i15. doi: 10.1107/S160053681400395X. eCollection 2014 Mar 1.

Abstract

Single crystals of Cd4As2Br3 (tetra-cadmium biarsenide tri-bromide) were grown by a chemical transport reaction. The structure is isotypic with the members of the cadmium and mercury pnictidohalides family with general formula M 4 A 2 X 3 (M = Cd, Hg; A = P, As, Sb; X = Cl, Br, I) and contains two independent As atoms on special positions with site symmetry -3 and two independent Cd atoms, of which one is on a special position with site symmetry -3. The Cd4As2Br3 structure consists of AsCd4 tetra-hedra sharing vertices with isolated As2Cd6 octa-hedra that contain As-As dumbbells in the centre of the octahedron. The Br atoms are located in the voids of this three-dimensional arrangement and bridge the different polyhedra through Cd⋯Br contacts.