Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of RbBaTaS4 and K2BaTa2S11 Yuandong Wu and Wolfgang Bensch Institut f¨ur Anorganische Chemie, Universit¨at Kiel, Max-Eyth-Straße 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany Reprint requests to Prof. W. Bensch. Fax: +49-431-880-1520. E-mail:
[email protected] Z. Naturforsch. 2010, 65b, 1219 – 1228; received April 6, 2010 Single crystals of RbBaTaS (1)andK BaTa S (2) were obtained from the reactions of Ta, with 4 2 2 11 ◦ in situ formed fluxes of A2S3 (A = K, Rb), BaS, and S at 500 C. Compound 1 crystallizes in the or- thorhombic space group Pnma with a = 9.3286(5), b = 7.0391(4), c = 12.4365(7) A,˚ V = 816.6(1) A˚ 3, Z = 4. Compound 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with a = 14.5280(10), b = ◦ 3 12.6347(7), c = 17.5148(12) A,˚ β = 94.744(8) , V = 3203.9(4) A˚ , Z = 4. The structure of RbBaTaS4 3− + 2+ 2+ (1) consists of isolated tetrahedral [TaS4] anions and Rb and Ba cations. The Ba cations are surrounded by nine sulfur atoms forming distorted tricapped trigonal prisms, whereas the Rb+ cations are in an irregular environment of ten sulfur atoms. The structure of K2BaTa2S11 (2) con- 2+ + sists of two different dinuclear [Ta2S11] units which are separated by Ba and K cations. The 2− 2− 2 1 Ta atoms are coordinated by S2 and S ligands according to the mode [Ta2(µ2-S)(µ2-η ,η - S ) (η2-S ) (S) ]4−. Each Ta atom is surrounded by seven sulfur ions forming strongly distorted 2 2 2 2 2 + pentagonal bipyramids.