Abstract
Compounds ARu2P(As)2 (A = Ca, Sr. Ba. Eu) were found to have the ThCr2Si2-type structure (14/mmm). Single crystals of CaRu2P2 (a = 404.6 pm, c = 977.1 pm) and EuRu2P2 (a = 402.9 pm, c = 1077.2 pm) were obtained using tin as a flux. In the case of the Pt compounds, single crystals could be isolated from powder samples. Ca(Eu)Pt2P2-x crystallizes isotypically in a new structure type which can be described as a stacking variation of the CaBe2Ge2-type structure (14/mmm; CaPt2P1.43: a = 409.9 pm, c = 1895.1 pm; EuPt2P1.62: a = 414.3 pm; c = 1912.0 pm). The crystal structures of Ca(Eu)Ru2P2 and Ca(Eu)Pt2P2-x were refined from four-circle diffractometer data. Magnetic susceptibility measurements prove the divalent nature of Eu in all Eu compounds.

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