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Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 100 K
Mean [sigma](Er-S) = 0.001 Å
R = 0.017
wR = 0.050
Data-to-parameter ratio = 27.4
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Barium dierbium(III) tetrasulfide

Adel Mesbah,a Wojciech Stojkoa and James. A Ibersa*

aDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
Correspondence e-mail: ibers@chem.northwestern.edu

Barium dierbium(III) tetrasulfide, BaEr2S4, crystallizes with four formula units in the orthorhombic space group Pnma in the CaFe2O4 structure type. The asymmetric unit contains two Er, one Ba, and four S atoms, each with .m. site symmetry. The structure consists of channels formed by corner- and edge-sharing ErS6 octahedra in which Ba atoms reside. The resultant coordination of Ba is that of a bicapped trigonal prism.

Related literature

The unit-cell parameters of BaEr2S4, which crystallizes in the CaFe2O4 structure type (Decker & Kasper, 1957[Decker, B. F. & Kasper, J. S. (1957). Acta Cryst. 10, 332-337.]), were previously determined from X-ray powder diffraction data (Patrie et al., 1964[Patrie, M., Golabi, S. M., Flahaut, J. & Domange, L. (1964). C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. 259, 4039-4042.]). For related structures, see: Bugaris & Ibers (2009[Bugaris, D. E. & Ibers, J. A. (2009). Acta Cryst. C65, i60-i62.]); Narducci et al. (2000[Narducci, A. A., Yang, Y., Digman, M. A., Sipes, A. B. & Ibers, J. A. (2000). J. Alloys Compd, 303-304, 432-439.]); Carpenter & Hwu (1992[Carpenter, J. D. & Hwu, S.-J. (1992). Acta Cryst. C48, 1164-1167.]); Flahaut et al. (1965[Flahaut, J., Guittard, M., Patrie, M., Pardo, M. P., Golabi, S. M. & Domange, L. (1965). Acta Cryst. 19, 14-19.]); Schurz & Schleid (2011[Schurz, C. M. & Schleid, T. (2011). Crystals, 1, 78-86.]). For synthetic details, see: Bugaris & Ibers (2008[Bugaris, D. E. & Ibers, J. A. (2008). J. Solid State Chem. 181, 3189-3193.]); Haneveld & Jellinek (1969[Haneveld, A. J. K. & Jellinek, F. (1969). J. Less Common Met. 18, 123-129.]). For standardization of structural data, see: Gelato & Parthé (1987[Gelato, L. M. & Parthé, E. (1987). J. Appl. Cryst. 20, 139-143.]).

Experimental

Crystal data

  • BaEr2S4

  • Mr = 600.10

  • Orthorhombic, P n m a

  • a = 12.1455 (3) Å

  • b = 3.9884 (1) Å

  • c = 14.3837 (4) Å

  • V = 696.76 (3) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 30.53 mm-1

  • T = 100 K

  • 0.16 × 0.03 × 0.02 mm
Data collection

  • Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: numerical face indexed (Sheldrick, 2008a[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008a). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany.]) Tmin = 0.084, Tmax = 0.528

  • 9866 measured reflections

  • 1207 independent reflections

  • 1196 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.030
Refinement

  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.017

  • wR(F2) = 0.050

  • S = 1.87

  • 1207 reflections

  • 44 parameters

  • [Delta][rho]max = 2.46 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -2.58 e Å-3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009[Bruker (2009). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2009[Bruker (2009). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008b[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008b). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008b[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008b). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: CrystalMaker (Palmer, 2012[Palmer, D. (2012). CrystalMaker Software. CrystalMaker Software Ltd, Oxfordshire, England.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: BR2222 ).

Acknowledgements

The research was kindly supported at Northwestern University by the US Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Biosciences, and Geosciences Division and Division of Materials Science and Engineering Grant ER-15522. Use was made of the IMSERC X-ray Facility at Northwestern University, supported by the International Institute of Nanotechnology (IIN).

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Acta Cryst (2013). E69, i17  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536813003541 ]

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