Materials Data on ReN2 by Materials Project
ReN2 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one ReN2 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Re6+ is bonded to six N3- atoms to form distorted edge-sharing ReN6 pentagonal pyramids. There are a spread of Re–N bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.10 Å. There are two inequivalent N3- sites. In the first N3- site, N3- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to three equivalent Re6+ and one N3- atom. The N–N bond length is 1.40 Å. In the second N3- site, N3- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three equivalent Re6+ atoms.