T. Degen et B. Harbrecht, TA3S2-XSEX, PARTIAL SUBSTITUTION OF SELENIUM FOR SULFUR INTO TANTALUM-RICH SULFIDE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 51, 1995, pp. 2218-2220
In the pentagonal antiprismatic columnar structure of Ta3S2, sulfur ca
n be partially replaced by selenium. Selenium accumulates preferential
ly at one of two independent sites, which leads to unusually short Ch-
Ch [2.973 (3) Angstrom] contacts, where Ch denotes a chalcogen site.