title: Refined crystal structure and idealized structure of mixed-valent Eu4F5(CN2)2: transition possible.
abstract: The new europium fluoride carbodiimide Eu(4)F(5)(CN(2))(2) was synthesized by solid state reaction from mixtures of EuF(3) and Li(2)(CN(2)) at 700 °C. The crystal structure as refined by single crystal X-ray diffraction (P ̅42(1)c, no. 114, a = 16.053(1) Å, c = 6.5150(6) Å, Z = 8) reveals three crystallographically distinct [N═C═N](2-) ions in the structure of mixed-valent Eu(4)F(5)(CN(2))(2). The presence of one Eu(3+) and three Eu(2+) per formula unit Eu(4)F(5)(CN(2))(2) is confirmed by magnetic measurements and (151)Eu-Mössbauer spectroscopy. The arrangement of Eu ions and gravity centers of [NCN](2-) ions in the structure of Eu(4)F(5)(CN(2))(2) follow the motif formed by atoms in the CuAl(2)-type structure. A possible high-symmetry structure of Eu(4)F(5)(CN(2))(2) is discussed on the basis of a group-subgroup scheme.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Festkörperchemie und Theoretische Anorganische Chemie, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Ob dem Himmelreich 7, 72074 Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Unverfehrt
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ströbele
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: Rolf-Dieter
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pöttgen
authors.forename: H-Jürgen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Meyer