BaCrNH: A New Nitride-Hydride with Trigonal Planar Cr.

The nitride-hydride BaCrNH was obtained in single crystalline form using flux growth techniques based on alkaline earth metals. BaCrNH crystallizes in the hexagonal space group P6/ m (Nr 176), with the lattice parameters a = 8.0270(2) Å, c = 5.

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the Layered Lanthanide Oxychlorides BaLnOCl.

Single crystals of a new family of layered lanthanide oxychlorides, BaLnOCl (Ln = Gd-Lu), have been synthesized from a molten barium flux. This family crystallizes in the space group I4/mmm (No. 139; Z = 2) with lattice parameters a = 4.