The strontium
gallium oxynitride Sr
4GaN
3O and nitride-carbodiimide Sr
4GaN
3(CN
2) are reported, synthesized assin
gle crystals from molten sodium at 900
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4GaN
3O crystallizes in space
group
Pbca (No. 61) with
a =7.4002(1) &Arin
g;,
b = 24.3378(5) &Arin
g;,
c = 7.4038(1) &Arin
g;, and
Z = 8, as determined from sin
gle-crystal X-ray diffractionmeasurements at 150 K. The structure may be viewed as consistin
g of slabs [Sr
4GaN
3]
2+ containin
g double layersof isolated [GaN
3]
6- trian
gular anions arran
ged in a "herrin
gbone" fashion, and these slabs are separated by O
2-anions. Brown Sr
4GaN
3(CN
2) has a closely related structure in which the oxide anions in the Sr
4GaN
3O structureare replaced by almost linear carbodiimide [CN
2]
2- anions [Sr
4GaN
3(CN
2): space
group
P2
1/
c (No. 14),
a = 13.4778(2) &Arin
g;,
b = 7.4140(1) &Arin
g;,
c = 7.4440(1) &Arin
g;,
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Z = 4].