Darstellung und Kristallstruktur von K2Sn2S5 und K2Sn2Se5 / Preparation and Crystal Structure of K2Sn2S5 and K2Sn2Se5

Abstract

K2Sn2S5 and K2Sn2Se5 were prepared by reacting stoichiometric powdered mixtures of the binary compounds K2S or K2Se with Sn and the corresponding chalcogen at 1070 K, followed by slow cooling of the melt. The two compounds are isostructural and crystallize with the Tl2Sn2S5 structure type, s.g. C 2/c, Z = 4 with a = 11.072(5) Å, b = 7.806(3)Å, c = 11.517(5)Å, β = 108.43(2)° for K2Sn2S5 and a = 11.613(5)Å, b = 8.189(3) Å, c = 11,897(6) Å, β = 108.28(2)° for K2Sn2Se5. The crystal structures were refined to conventional R-factors of 0.032 and 0.031, respectively. Sn-atoms are in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal chalcogen coordination. The average equatorial bond lengths are Sn -S: 2.427 Å and Sn -Se: 2.552 Å , the axial ones are Sn -S: 2.600 Å and Sn -Se: 2.774 Å.