Synthesis and crystal structure of silicon pernitride SiN2 at 140 GPa

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synthesized from the elements at 140 GPa in a laserheated diamond anvil cell. Its crystal structure was solved and refined by means of synchrotron-based single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The title compound crystallizes in the pyrite structure type (space group Pa3, No. 205). The Si atom occupies a site with multiplicity 4 (Wyckoff letter b, site symmetry .3.), while the N atom is located on a site with multiplicity 8 (Wyckoff letter c, site symmetry .3.). The crystal structure of SiN2 is comprised of slightly distorted [SiN6] octahedra interconnected with each other by sharing vertices. Crystal chemical analysis of bond lengths suggests that Si has a formal oxidation state of +IV, while nitrogen forms pernitride anions (N-N)4-.

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Jurzick, P. L., Krach, G., Brüning, L., Schnick, W., & Bykov, M. (2023). Synthesis and crystal structure of silicon pernitride SiN2 at 140 GPa. Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications, 79, 923–925. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989023008058

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