Extending interstitial tetrelides into carbides: synthesis and crystal and electronic structures- of RECoAlC (RE = La, Pr, Nd).

New quaternary compounds RECoAlC (RE = La, Pr, Nd) of the filled WCoB structure type were synthesized by the reaction of samples with the nominal composition RE40Co40Al20 (RE = La, Pr, Nd) and carbon. Single crystal X-ray diffraction data show that the RECoAlC compounds crystallize in a body-centered orthorhombic space group (12) with = 2 and = 4.1841(11) Å, = 6.

Synthesis and crystal structure of a new CuAu-type ternary phase in the Au-In-Pd system: distribution of atoms over crystallographic positions.

A new CuAu-type ternary phase (τ phase) is found in the AuPd-rich part of the Au-In-Pd system. It has a broad homogeneity range based on extensive (Pd,Au) and (In,Au) replacement, with the composition varying between AuInPd and AuInPd. The occupancies of the crystallographic positions were studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction for three samples of different composition.

Lanthanum ruthenium indide, La(21)Ru(9+x)In(5-x) (x = 1.2).

La(21)Ru(9+x)In(5-x) (Pearson symbol tI140) is isotypic to the filled Y(3)Rh(2)-type structure, from which it can be derived through an ordered substitution at two sites. One of the square-prismatic sites (site symmetry ..

Ring contraction of 1,2,4,5,7,8-hexaoxa-3-silonanes by selective reduction of COOSi fragments. Synthesis of new silicon-containing rings, 1,3,5,6-tetraoxa-2-silepanes.

The reducing agents Ph(3)P, (C(8)H(17))(3)P, or NH(2)C(S)NH(2) promote the ring contraction of nine-membered triperoxides, viz., 1,2,4,5,7,8-hexaoxa-3-silonanes, giving rise to seven-membered rings belonging to the previously unknown class of monoperoxides, viz., 1,3,5,6-tetraoxa-2-silepanes, in yields from 67% to 91%.

Synthesis of cyclic peroxides containing the Si-gem-bisperoxide fragment. 1,2,4,5,7,8-Hexaoxa-3-silonanes as a new class of peroxides.

A method was developed for the synthesis of the previously unknown class of organic peroxides, 1,2,4,5,7,8-hexaoxa-3-silonanes, based on the reaction of dialkyldichlorosilanes with 1,1'-dihydroperoxyperoxides. 1,2,4,5,7,8-Hexaoxa-3-silonanes are rather stable under ambient conditions and were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and elemental analysis. Their yields are in a range of 59-96%.