The crystal structure described by LaTe2 crystallizes in the monoclinic Pc space group. There are four inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Te(2), one Te(3), one Te(7), two equivalent Te(1), two equivalent Te(4), and two equivalent Te(6) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Te(1), one Te(2), one Te(6), one Te(7), one Te(8), two equivalent Te(3), and two equivalent Te(5) atoms. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Te(1), one Te(2), one Te(4), one Te(7), one Te(8), two equivalent Te(3), and two equivalent Te(5) atoms. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Te(2), one Te(5), one Te(7), two equivalent Te(4), two equivalent Te(6), and two equivalent Te(8) atoms. There are eight inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one La(2), one La(3), two equivalent La(1), two equivalent Te(2), and two equivalent Te(7) atoms. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), two equivalent Te(1), and two equivalent Te(8) atoms. In the third Te site, Te(3) is bonded to one La(1), two equivalent La(2), and two equivalent La(3) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeLa5 trigonal bipyramids. In the fourth Te site, Te(4) is bonded to one La(3), two equivalent La(1), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeLa5 trigonal bipyramids. In the fifth Te site, Te(5) is bonded to one La(4), two equivalent La(2), and two equivalent La(3) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeLa5 trigonal bipyramids. In the sixth Te site, Te(6) is bonded to one La(2), two equivalent La(1), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeLa5 trigonal bipyramids. In the seventh Te site, Te(7) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), two equivalent Te(1), and two equivalent Te(8) atoms. In the eighth Te site, Te(8) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one La(2), one La(3), two equivalent La(4), two equivalent Te(2), and two equivalent Te(7) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_LaTe2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.569
_cell_length_b   4.571
_cell_length_c   9.285
_cell_angle_alpha   89.991
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   193.894
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  La  La0  1  0.000  0.996  0.727  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.500  0.496  0.273  1.0
  Te  Te2  1  0.000  0.496  1.000  1.0
  Te  Te3  1  0.500  0.995  1.000  1.0
  Te  Te4  1  0.000  0.996  0.367  1.0
  Te  Te5  1  0.500  0.496  0.633  1.0
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The crystal structure described by LaTe2 crystallizes in the monoclinic Pc space group. There are four inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Te(2), one Te(3), one Te(7), two equivalent Te(1), two equivalent Te(4), and two equivalent Te(6) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Te(1), one Te(2), one Te(6), one Te(7), one Te(8), two equivalent Te(3), and two equivalent Te(5) atoms. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Te(1), one Te(2), one Te(4), one Te(7), one Te(8), two equivalent Te(3), and two equivalent Te(5) atoms. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Te(2), one Te(5), one Te(7), two equivalent Te(4), two equivalent Te(6), and two equivalent Te(8) atoms. There are eight inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one La(2), one La(3), two equivalent La(1), two equivalent Te(2), and two equivalent Te(7) atoms. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), two equivalent Te(1), and two equivalent Te(8) atoms. In the third Te site, Te(3) is bonded to one La(1), two equivalent La(2), and two equivalent La(3) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeLa5 trigonal bipyramids. In the fourth Te site, Te(4) is bonded to one La(3), two equivalent La(1), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeLa5 trigonal bipyramids. In the fifth Te site, Te(5) is bonded to one La(4), two equivalent La(2), and two equivalent La(3) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeLa5 trigonal bipyramids. In the sixth Te site, Te(6) is bonded to one La(2), two equivalent La(1), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeLa5 trigonal bipyramids. In the seventh Te site, Te(7) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), two equivalent Te(1), and two equivalent Te(8) atoms. In the eighth Te site, Te(8) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one La(2), one La(3), two equivalent La(4), two equivalent Te(2), and two equivalent Te(7) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_LaTe2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.569
_cell_length_b   4.571
_cell_length_c   9.285
_cell_angle_alpha   89.991
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   193.894
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  La  La0  1  0.000  0.996  0.727  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.500  0.496  0.273  1.0
  Te  Te2  1  0.000  0.496  1.000  1.0
  Te  Te3  1  0.500  0.995  1.000  1.0
  Te  Te4  1  0.000  0.996  0.367  1.0
  Te  Te5  1  0.500  0.496  0.633  1.0
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