a Laboratorium für Anorganische Chemie, ETH-Zürich, Universitätstr. 6, CH 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
b Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z1, Canada
Abstract:
Ca15(CBN)6(C2)2O contains CBN4− anions as well as C2− units and isolated O2− anions. The compound is obtained by heating a stoichiometric mixture of CaO, C and BN with an excess of Ca in sealed niobium ampoules to 1270 K. It crystallizes in the space group Iad with a = 1656.84(9) pm. Preparation, crystal structure, NMR and IR-spectroscopic properties are discussed.