Kristallstrukturen mit Bausteinen des CaBe2Ge2-Typs – Die Verbindungen Sm2Pt6P3 und Ca2Pd3Sb4 / Crystal Structures with CaBe2Ge2-Type Units – The Compounds Sm2Pt6P3 and Ca2Pd3Sb4
Single crystals of Sm2Pt6P3 (a = 4.095(1), c = 45.313(9) Å ) were prepared by heating the elements in a melt of NaCl/KCl at 1100°C. The compound crystallizes with a new tetragonal type of structure (I41/amd; Z = 4) consisting of units which correspond to the CaBe2Ge2 type except for one significant difference: In the layer of PPt4 tetrahedra only two of four P positions are occupied. Therefore this layer is built up by corner- instead of edge-sharing PPt4 tetrahedra. Four of these units are stacked along [001]. Single crystals of Ca2Pd3Sb4 (a = 4.506(1), c = 41.538(8) Å ) were obtained by reaction of the elements at 900°C. The crystal structure (I4/mmm; Z = 4) consists of two blocks. The first one has the composition CaPd2Sb3 and can be derived from the CaBe2Ge2 type. In the second one (formula CaPdSb) the atoms are arranged analogous to the CeMg2Si2 type. Both blocks alternate along [001]