Lanthanide Nitrido Borates with Six-Membered B3 N6 Rings: Ln3 B3 N6

Olaf Reckeweg; H-Jürgen Meyer

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990601)38:11<1607::AID-ANIE1607>3.0.CO;2-0

Lanthanide Nitrido Borates with Six-Membered B₃ N₆ Rings: Ln₃ B₃ N₆

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 Jun 1;38(11):1607-1609. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990601)38:11<1607::AID-ANIE1607>3.0.CO;2-0.

Authors

Olaf Reckeweg¹, H-Jürgen Meyer²

Affiliations

¹ Box 91, Baker Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301 (USA).
² Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen (Germany), Fax: (+49) 7071-29-5702.

Abstract

Metal compounds with heteroatomic ring systems of main group elements are a domain of coordination chemistry. However, lanthanide nitrido borates Ln₃ B₃ N₆ (Ln=La or Ce; see structure) are synthesized by the reaction of hexagonal boron nitride with LnN. The compounds contain the six-membered B₃ N₆ ring, which can be seen as a fragment from one layer of the hexagonal BN structure.

Keywords: Electronic structure; Lanthanides; Materials science; Nitrido borates; Solid-state structures.