The material described by Gd8Rh5C12 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are four inequivalent Gd sites. In the first Gd site, Gd(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(4), and three equivalent C(6) atoms. In the second Gd site, Gd(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(2), two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(5), two equivalent C(6), and three equivalent C(4) atoms. In the third Gd site, Gd(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(3), two equivalent C(1), two equivalent C(2), and two equivalent C(5) atoms. In the fourth Gd site, Gd(4) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(1), two equivalent Rh(2), two equivalent Rh(3), two equivalent C(1), and two equivalent C(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Rh sites. In the first Rh site, Rh(1) is bonded in a linear geometry to four equivalent Gd(4) and two equivalent C(1) atoms. In the second Rh site, Rh(2) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(2), two equivalent Gd(4), one C(2), and one C(3) atom. In the third Rh site, Rh(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(3), two equivalent Gd(4), one C(3), and one C(5) atom. There are six inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(4) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(1), three equivalent Gd(2), and one C(3) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing CGd5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-14°. In the second C site, C(5) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(2), two equivalent Gd(3), one Rh(3), and one C(6) atom. In the third C site, C(6) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(2), three equivalent Gd(1), and one C(5) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing CGd5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-14°. In the fourth C site, C(1) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(3), two equivalent Gd(4), one Rh(1), and one C(2) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing CGd4RhC octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fifth C site, C(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(3), two equivalent Gd(4), one Rh(2), and one C(1) atom. In the sixth C site, C(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(1), two equivalent Gd(2), one Rh(2), one Rh(3), and one C(4) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Gd8Rh5C12
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   14.167
_cell_length_b   14.167
_cell_length_c   7.476
_cell_angle_alpha   86.389
_cell_angle_beta   86.389
_cell_angle_gamma   14.699
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   379.947
_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
  Gd  Gd0  1  0.294  0.294  0.616  1.0
  Gd  Gd1  1  0.706  0.706  0.384  1.0
  Gd  Gd2  1  0.300  0.300  0.109  1.0
  Gd  Gd3  1  0.700  0.700  0.891  1.0
  Gd  Gd4  1  0.412  0.412  0.328  1.0
  Gd  Gd5  1  0.588  0.588  0.672  1.0
  Gd  Gd6  1  0.453  0.453  0.797  1.0
  Gd  Gd7  1  0.547  0.547  0.203  1.0
  Rh  Rh8  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Rh  Rh9  1  0.110  0.110  0.009  1.0
  Rh  Rh10  1  0.890  0.890  0.991  1.0
  Rh  Rh11  1  0.117  0.117  0.371  1.0
  Rh  Rh12  1  0.883  0.883  0.629  1.0
  C  C13  1  0.023  0.023  0.744  1.0
  C  C14  1  0.977  0.977  0.256  1.0
  C  C15  1  0.048  0.048  0.884  1.0
  C  C16  1  0.952  0.952  0.116  1.0
  C  C17  1  0.168  0.168  0.151  1.0
  C  C18  1  0.832  0.832  0.849  1.0
  C  C19  1  0.216  0.216  0.135  1.0
  C  C20  1  0.784  0.784  0.865  1.0
  C  C21  1  0.159  0.159  0.625  1.0
  C  C22  1  0.841  0.841  0.375  1.0
  C  C23  1  0.207  0.207  0.631  1.0
  C  C24  1  0.793  0.793  0.369  1.0
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The material described by Gd8Rh5C12 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are four inequivalent Gd sites. In the first Gd site, Gd(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(4), and three equivalent C(6) atoms. In the second Gd site, Gd(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(2), two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(5), two equivalent C(6), and three equivalent C(4) atoms. In the third Gd site, Gd(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(3), two equivalent C(1), two equivalent C(2), and two equivalent C(5) atoms. In the fourth Gd site, Gd(4) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(1), two equivalent Rh(2), two equivalent Rh(3), two equivalent C(1), and two equivalent C(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Rh sites. In the first Rh site, Rh(1) is bonded in a linear geometry to four equivalent Gd(4) and two equivalent C(1) atoms. In the second Rh site, Rh(2) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(2), two equivalent Gd(4), one C(2), and one C(3) atom. In the third Rh site, Rh(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(3), two equivalent Gd(4), one C(3), and one C(5) atom. There are six inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(4) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(1), three equivalent Gd(2), and one C(3) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing CGd5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-14°. In the second C site, C(5) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(2), two equivalent Gd(3), one Rh(3), and one C(6) atom. In the third C site, C(6) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(2), three equivalent Gd(1), and one C(5) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing CGd5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-14°. In the fourth C site, C(1) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(3), two equivalent Gd(4), one Rh(1), and one C(2) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing CGd4RhC octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fifth C site, C(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(3), two equivalent Gd(4), one Rh(2), and one C(1) atom. In the sixth C site, C(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd(1), two equivalent Gd(2), one Rh(2), one Rh(3), and one C(4) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Gd8Rh5C12
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   14.167
_cell_length_b   14.167
_cell_length_c   7.476
_cell_angle_alpha   86.389
_cell_angle_beta   86.389
_cell_angle_gamma   14.699
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   379.947
_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
  Gd  Gd0  1  0.294  0.294  0.616  1.0
  Gd  Gd1  1  0.706  0.706  0.384  1.0
  Gd  Gd2  1  0.300  0.300  0.109  1.0
  Gd  Gd3  1  0.700  0.700  0.891  1.0
  Gd  Gd4  1  0.412  0.412  0.328  1.0
  Gd  Gd5  1  0.588  0.588  0.672  1.0
  Gd  Gd6  1  0.453  0.453  0.797  1.0
  Gd  Gd7  1  0.547  0.547  0.203  1.0
  Rh  Rh8  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Rh  Rh9  1  0.110  0.110  0.009  1.0
  Rh  Rh10  1  0.890  0.890  0.991  1.0
  Rh  Rh11  1  0.117  0.117  0.371  1.0
  Rh  Rh12  1  0.883  0.883  0.629  1.0
  C  C13  1  0.023  0.023  0.744  1.0
  C  C14  1  0.977  0.977  0.256  1.0
  C  C15  1  0.048  0.048  0.884  1.0
  C  C16  1  0.952  0.952  0.116  1.0
  C  C17  1  0.168  0.168  0.151  1.0
  C  C18  1  0.832  0.832  0.849  1.0
  C  C19  1  0.216  0.216  0.135  1.0
  C  C20  1  0.784  0.784  0.865  1.0
  C  C21  1  0.159  0.159  0.625  1.0
  C  C22  1  0.841  0.841  0.375  1.0
  C  C23  1  0.207  0.207  0.631  1.0
  C  C24  1  0.793  0.793  0.369  1.0
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