The new compounds Ca2ClBN2 (1) and Sr2ClBN2 (2) were prepared from the respective metal, its dihalide and h-BN in sealed tantalum ampoules at 1200 °C. The crystals obtained were transparent yellow (1) and blue (2), respectively. The crystal structures were determined from single crystal X-ray data. Ca2ClBN2 and Sr2ClBN2 are isotypic and crystallize in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (No. 62), Z = 4 (Ca2ClBN 2: a = 1166.7(2), b = 390.26(4), c = 899.8(1) pm, R 1 = 0.043, wR2 = 0.115 for 554 independent reflections; Sr-,C1BNT: a = 1242.8(1), b = 416.75(4), c = 920.8(1) pm, R\ = 0.031, wR2 = 0.054 for 6 6 2 'independent reflections).The structures contain two different layers of M 2+, C P and BN23~ alternating along the[010] direction. The bond angles N-B-N are 177.2(4)° for (1) and 176,6(5)° for (2), the bond distances of the BN23_ ions are dB_ N] = 134.6(5) pm for (1), 136,3(7) pm for (2) and dg_N2 = 132.4(5) pm for (1) and 131,3(7) pm for (2). The unsymmetric structure of the BN23~ ion, as is manifested particularly in the Sr compound (2), is caused by the coordination of N 1 to four cations while N2 is coordinated only to three.