The compound described by RbCoO2Cl3 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. Rb(1) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent Cl(1), and six equivalent Cl(2) atoms. Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent Cl(1), and two equivalent Cl(2) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing CoCl4O2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 57°. O(1) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Rb(1) and one Co(1) atom. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Rb(1) and two equivalent Co(1) atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb(1) and one Co(1) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_RbCoCl3O2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.198
_cell_length_b   8.198
_cell_length_c   8.533
_cell_angle_alpha   62.974
_cell_angle_beta   62.974
_cell_angle_gamma   42.581
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   338.724
_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
  Rb  Rb0  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Rb  Rb1  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Cl  Cl4  1  0.196  0.804  0.750  1.0
  Cl  Cl5  1  0.804  0.196  0.250  1.0
  Cl  Cl6  1  0.088  0.643  0.546  1.0
  Cl  Cl7  1  0.357  0.912  0.954  1.0
  Cl  Cl8  1  0.912  0.357  0.454  1.0
  Cl  Cl9  1  0.643  0.088  0.046  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.716  0.123  0.620  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.877  0.284  0.880  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.284  0.877  0.380  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.123  0.716  0.120  1.0
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The compound described by RbCoO2Cl3 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. Rb(1) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent Cl(1), and six equivalent Cl(2) atoms. Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent Cl(1), and two equivalent Cl(2) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing CoCl4O2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 57°. O(1) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Rb(1) and one Co(1) atom. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Rb(1) and two equivalent Co(1) atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb(1) and one Co(1) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_RbCoCl3O2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.198
_cell_length_b   8.198
_cell_length_c   8.533
_cell_angle_alpha   62.974
_cell_angle_beta   62.974
_cell_angle_gamma   42.581
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   338.724
_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
  Rb  Rb0  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Rb  Rb1  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Cl  Cl4  1  0.196  0.804  0.750  1.0
  Cl  Cl5  1  0.804  0.196  0.250  1.0
  Cl  Cl6  1  0.088  0.643  0.546  1.0
  Cl  Cl7  1  0.357  0.912  0.954  1.0
  Cl  Cl8  1  0.912  0.357  0.454  1.0
  Cl  Cl9  1  0.643  0.088  0.046  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.716  0.123  0.620  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.877  0.284  0.880  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.284  0.877  0.380  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.123  0.716  0.120  1.0
[/CIF]
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