The first ternary tin(Ⅱ) nitride: NaSnN

摘要

NaSnN with the non-centrosymmetric layered structure type of KSnAs and featuring the new layered Zintl ion [SnN]~- is the first example of a ternary nitride containing Sn-N bonds, and the first example of a nitride containing formally divalent tin.