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Ca 2 AuN: A Nitride Containing Infinite Zigzag Gold Chains
Author(s) -
Henry Paul F.,
Weller Mark T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981102)37:20<2855::aid-anie2855>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - zigzag , materials science , nitride , nanotechnology , crystallography , chemistry , mathematics , geometry , layer (electronics)
The high‐pressure reaction of solid Ca 3 N 2 with gold in a nitrogen atomsphere affords the ternary auride nitride Ca 2 AuN. In the compound, gold forms infinite, planar zigzag chains with short Au–Au bond lengths of 2.857(1) Å. The chains are sandwiched between corrugated layers of edge‐sharing calcium nitride octahedra (Ca 6 N; see picture).