Ca12InC13-x and Ba12InC18H4: alkaline-earth indium allenylides synthesized in AE/Li flux (AE = Ca, Ba).

Two new complex main-group metal carbides were synthesized from reactions of indium, carbon, and a metal hydride in metal flux mixtures of an alkaline earth (AE = Ca, Ba) and lithium. Ca(12)InC(13-x) and Ba(12)InC(18)H(4) both crystallize in cubic space group Im3̅ [a = 9.6055(8) and 11.

LiCa₃As₂H and Ca₁₄As₆X₇ (X = C, H, N): two new arsenide hydride phases grown from Ca/Li metal flux.

The reaction of arsenic with sources of light elements in a Ca/Li melt leads to the formation of two new arsenide hydride phases. The predominant phase Ca14As6X7 (X = C(4-), N(3-), H(-)) exhibits a new tetragonal structure type in the space group P4/mbm (a = 15.749(1) Å, c = 9.

Ca11E3C8 (E = Sn, Pb): new complex carbide Zintl phases grown from Ca/Li flux.

New carbide Zintl phases Ca(11)E(3)C(8) (E = Sn, Pb) were grown from reactions of carbon and heavy tetrelides in Ca/Li flux. They form with a new structure type in space group P2(1)/c (a = 13.1877(9)Å, b = 10.