The material structure described by V4GeS8 crystallizes in the orthorhombic F222 space group. V(1) is bonded to three equivalent S(1) and three equivalent S(2) atoms to form distorted VS6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Ge(1)S4 tetrahedra and edges with six equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra. Ge(1) is bonded to four equivalent S(1) atoms to form GeS4 tetrahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 64-65°. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to three equivalent V(1) and one Ge(1) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing SV3Ge tetrahedra. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent V(1) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_V4GeS8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.860
_cell_length_b   6.858
_cell_length_c   6.842
_cell_angle_alpha   60.093
_cell_angle_beta   60.072
_cell_angle_gamma   59.842
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   227.621
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  V  V0  1  0.607  0.190  0.601  1.0
  V  V1  1  0.190  0.607  0.602  1.0
  V  V2  1  0.602  0.601  0.190  1.0
  V  V3  1  0.601  0.602  0.607  1.0
  Ge  Ge4  1  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.0
  S  S5  1  0.864  0.405  0.865  1.0
  S  S6  1  0.406  0.864  0.865  1.0
  S  S7  1  0.865  0.865  0.406  1.0
  S  S8  1  0.865  0.865  0.864  1.0
  S  S9  1  0.377  0.886  0.367  1.0
  S  S10  1  0.367  0.369  0.377  1.0
  S  S11  1  0.369  0.367  0.886  1.0
  S  S12  1  0.886  0.377  0.369  1.0
[/CIF]
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The material structure described by V4GeS8 crystallizes in the orthorhombic F222 space group. V(1) is bonded to three equivalent S(1) and three equivalent S(2) atoms to form distorted VS6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Ge(1)S4 tetrahedra and edges with six equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra. Ge(1) is bonded to four equivalent S(1) atoms to form GeS4 tetrahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 64-65°. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to three equivalent V(1) and one Ge(1) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing SV3Ge tetrahedra. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent V(1) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_V4GeS8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.860
_cell_length_b   6.858
_cell_length_c   6.842
_cell_angle_alpha   60.093
_cell_angle_beta   60.072
_cell_angle_gamma   59.842
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   227.621
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  V  V0  1  0.607  0.190  0.601  1.0
  V  V1  1  0.190  0.607  0.602  1.0
  V  V2  1  0.602  0.601  0.190  1.0
  V  V3  1  0.601  0.602  0.607  1.0
  Ge  Ge4  1  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.0
  S  S5  1  0.864  0.405  0.865  1.0
  S  S6  1  0.406  0.864  0.865  1.0
  S  S7  1  0.865  0.865  0.406  1.0
  S  S8  1  0.865  0.865  0.864  1.0
  S  S9  1  0.377  0.886  0.367  1.0
  S  S10  1  0.367  0.369  0.377  1.0
  S  S11  1  0.369  0.367  0.886  1.0
  S  S12  1  0.886  0.377  0.369  1.0
[/CIF]
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