Affiliation:
1. Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Universität Münster , Corrensstrasse 30, 48149 Münster , Germany
2. Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Münster , Corrensstrasse 30, 48149 Münster , Germany
Abstract
Abstract
The silicides ScT
2Si2 (T = Ru, Rh, Os) were synthesized by arc-melting of the elements and subsequent annealing in sealed silica ampoules. They crystallize with the rarely observed HfFe2Si2 type structure, space group Pbcm. The structures of ScRu2Si2 (a = 761.64(4), b = 730.70(6), c = 521.07(6) pm, wR = 0.0314, 633 F
2 values, 31 variables) and ScOs2Si2 (a = 771.10(8), b = 736.68(7), c = 521.88(5) pm, wR = 0.0479, 623 F
2 values, 31 variables) were refined from single crystal X-ray diffractometer data. The refinements showed small degrees of Ru/Si respectively Os/Si mixing on one 4c site, leading to the refined compositions ScRu1.96(1)Si2.04(1) and ScOs1.91(1)Si2.09(1). The monomeric building units in both structures are two slightly distorted, crystallographically independent RuSi5 respectively OsSi5 square pyramids, which are condensed via common edges. The resulting densely packed [Ru2Si2] and [Os2Si2] networks leave voids for the scandium atoms with coordination number 18: Sc@Si8Ru8Sc2 and Sc@Si8Os8Sc2. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements of ScRu2Si2 and ScOs2Si2 indicate Pauli paramagnetism. Solid-state 29Si and 45Sc static and MAS NMR spectroscopy reveal significant Knight shifts and a strong influence of the T/Si mixing on the experimental NMR line shapes. A larger overall 29Si magnetic shift for ScRu2Si2 compared to ScOs2Si2, although with a negative sign for one of the 29Si resonances, suggests stronger paramagnetic effects for ScRu2Si2, in agreement with the magnetic susceptibility measurements.
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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