“…Recently, there have been also reports of reduced compounds with a layered perovskitetype structure, as in Li LaTa O (8), as well as more reduced oxotantalates containing metal clusters: Mn Ta O (9) and MAl Ta O (M"Na, K, Rb) (10), and also Ba Ta O . (7). We have been investigating oxoniobates with various degrees of reduction for several years.…”