The compound described by NdP5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Nd(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent P(1), two equivalent P(2), and four equivalent P(3) atoms. There are three inequivalent P sites. In the first P site, P(3) is bonded to two equivalent Nd(1), one P(2), and one P(3) atom to form PNd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent P(3)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with five equivalent P(1)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(2)NdP3 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one P(3)Nd2P2 tetrahedra. In the second P site, P(1) is bonded to two equivalent Nd(1) and two equivalent P(2) atoms to form distorted PNd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent P(1)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(2)NdP3 tetrahedra, and corners with ten equivalent P(3)Nd2P2 tetrahedra. In the third P site, P(2) is bonded to one Nd(1), one P(1), one P(2), and one P(3) atom to form PNdP3 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent P(1)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(3)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one P(2)NdP3 tetrahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_NdP5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.061
_cell_length_b   5.463
_cell_length_c   9.565
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   102.152
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   258.538
_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
  Nd  Nd0  1  0.009  0.350  0.250  1.0
  Nd  Nd1  1  0.991  0.650  0.750  1.0
  P  P2  1  0.294  0.902  0.250  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.706  0.098  0.750  1.0
  P  P4  1  0.614  0.952  0.410  1.0
  P  P5  1  0.386  0.048  0.910  1.0
  P  P6  1  0.386  0.048  0.590  1.0
  P  P7  1  0.614  0.952  0.090  1.0
  P  P8  1  0.704  0.599  0.470  1.0
  P  P9  1  0.296  0.401  0.970  1.0
  P  P10  1  0.296  0.401  0.530  1.0
  P  P11  1  0.704  0.599  0.030  1.0
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The compound described by NdP5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Nd(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent P(1), two equivalent P(2), and four equivalent P(3) atoms. There are three inequivalent P sites. In the first P site, P(3) is bonded to two equivalent Nd(1), one P(2), and one P(3) atom to form PNd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent P(3)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with five equivalent P(1)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(2)NdP3 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one P(3)Nd2P2 tetrahedra. In the second P site, P(1) is bonded to two equivalent Nd(1) and two equivalent P(2) atoms to form distorted PNd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent P(1)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(2)NdP3 tetrahedra, and corners with ten equivalent P(3)Nd2P2 tetrahedra. In the third P site, P(2) is bonded to one Nd(1), one P(1), one P(2), and one P(3) atom to form PNdP3 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent P(1)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(3)Nd2P2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one P(2)NdP3 tetrahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_NdP5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.061
_cell_length_b   5.463
_cell_length_c   9.565
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   102.152
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   258.538
_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
  Nd  Nd0  1  0.009  0.350  0.250  1.0
  Nd  Nd1  1  0.991  0.650  0.750  1.0
  P  P2  1  0.294  0.902  0.250  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.706  0.098  0.750  1.0
  P  P4  1  0.614  0.952  0.410  1.0
  P  P5  1  0.386  0.048  0.910  1.0
  P  P6  1  0.386  0.048  0.590  1.0
  P  P7  1  0.614  0.952  0.090  1.0
  P  P8  1  0.704  0.599  0.470  1.0
  P  P9  1  0.296  0.401  0.970  1.0
  P  P10  1  0.296  0.401  0.530  1.0
  P  P11  1  0.704  0.599  0.030  1.0
[/CIF]
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