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NiAs-derived cyanamide (carbodiimide) structures – a group-theoretical view

  • Rainer Pöttgen EMAIL logo , Alex J. Corkett and Richard Dronskowski EMAIL logo
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Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials
From the journal Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials Volume 238 Issue 3-4

Abstract

The cyanamide and carbodiimide anions are complex nitrogen-derived one-dimensional species of the type NCN2− (hence, resembling O2− but more covalently bonding) that form a huge number of salt-like phases with a variety of metal cations stemming from the whole Periodic Table. Depending on the coloring (binary, ternary and quaternary salts are known), the cationic size and charge as well as covalent contributions, different distortion (tilting in particular) and/or vacancy ordering variants of cyanamides/carbodiimides occur. Herein we summarize those cyanamide/carbodiimide structures that derive from the aristotype NiAs. The crystal chemistry is discussed on the basis of group-subgroup schemes (Bärnighausen trees).

Keywords: Bärnighausen trees; carbodiimides; crystal chemistry; cyanamides; group-subgroup relations
Corresponding authors: Rainer Pöttgen, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 30, 48149 Münster, Germany, E-mail: ; and Richard Dronskowski, Chair of Solid-State and Quantum Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany; and Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Polytechnic, 7098 Liuxian Blvd, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China, E-mail:

Funding source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Award Identifier / Grant number: 441856704

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: Alex Corkett is indebted to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for funding (project number 441856704).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-11-04
Accepted: 2023-01-14
Published Online: 2023-01-26
Published in Print: 2023-03-28

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Keywords for this article
Bärnighausen trees; carbodiimides; crystal chemistry; cyanamides; group-subgroup relations

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