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La6Pd13Cd4 and Ce6Pd13Cd4 with palladium-centred rare earth octahedra: synthesis, structure, and chemical bonding

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The palladium-rich cadmium compounds La6Pd13Cd4 and Ce6Pd13Cd4 were synthesized by induction melting the elements in sealed tantalum ampoules and subsequent annealing. They were characterized by X-ray powder and single-crystal diffraction: Na16Ba6N type, \(Im\overline{3} m\), a = 988.12(9) pm, wR2 = 0.0463, 225 F 2 values, and 12 variables for La6Pd13Cd4, and a = 982.1(2) pm, wR2 = 0.0521, 215 F 2 values, and 12 variables for Ce6Pd13Cd4. The striking structural motifs are palladium-centred La6 and Ce6 octahedra, which are packed in a bcc fashion. Further palladium and cadmium atoms built up three-dimensional [Pd3Cd] networks in which the La6Pd and Ce6Pd octahedra are embedded. Chemical bonding analyses show that the dominant interaction occurs within the palladium-centred RE 6 octahedra, while weaker bonding exists between them.

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This work was financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. We are thankful to Dipl.-Ing. U. Ch. Rodewald for the intensity data collections. The computations benefited from the M3PEC-Mesocentre/University Bordeaux 1 facility.

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    Frank Tappe & Rainer Pöttgen

  2. CNRS, ICMCB, Université de Bordeaux, 87 Avenue du Docteur Albert Schweitzer, 33608, Pessac Cedex, France

    Samir F. Matar

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Tappe, F., Matar, S.F. & Pöttgen, R. La6Pd13Cd4 and Ce6Pd13Cd4 with palladium-centred rare earth octahedra: synthesis, structure, and chemical bonding. Monatsh Chem 141, 1–6 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-009-0224-5

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