The structure described by Cd4SnN4 is Aluminum carbonitride-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are four inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd(1) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one N(1), one N(2), one N(3), and one N(4) atom. In the second Cd site, Cd(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(2) and two equivalent N(3) atoms. In the third Cd site, Cd(3) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one N(1), one N(3), and two equivalent N(4) atoms. In the fourth Cd site, Cd(4) is bonded to one N(3), one N(4), and two equivalent N(1) atoms to form distorted CdN4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent Sn(1)N4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)N4 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Cd(4)N4 trigonal pyramid. Sn(1) is bonded to one N(1), one N(2), one N(3), and one N(4) atom to form SnN4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cd(4)N4 trigonal pyramids and  an edgeedge with one Cd(4)N4 trigonal pyramid. There are four inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Cd(1), one Cd(3), two equivalent Cd(4), and one Sn(1) atom. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded to one Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form NCd3Sn tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent N(4)Cd4Sn trigonal bipyramids and  an edgeedge with one N(2)Cd3Sn tetrahedra. In the third N site, N(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cd(1), one Cd(3), one Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(2), and one Sn(1) atom. In the fourth N site, N(4) is bonded to one Cd(1), one Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(3), and one Sn(1) atom to form NCd4Sn trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent N(2)Cd3Sn tetrahedra and  an edgeedge with one N(4)Cd4Sn trigonal bipyramid. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Cd4SnN4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.078
_cell_length_b   6.108
_cell_length_c   9.172
_cell_angle_alpha   68.233
_cell_angle_beta   86.507
_cell_angle_gamma   68.603
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   293.345
_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
  Cd  Cd0  1  0.718  0.630  0.207  1.0
  Cd  Cd1  1  0.282  0.370  0.793  1.0
  Cd  Cd2  1  0.753  0.238  0.997  1.0
  Cd  Cd3  1  0.247  0.762  0.003  1.0
  Cd  Cd4  1  0.744  0.490  0.588  1.0
  Cd  Cd5  1  0.256  0.510  0.412  1.0
  Cd  Cd6  1  0.248  0.918  0.583  1.0
  Cd  Cd7  1  0.752  0.082  0.417  1.0
  Sn  Sn8  1  0.723  0.845  0.787  1.0
  Sn  Sn9  1  0.277  0.155  0.213  1.0
  N  N10  1  0.951  0.709  0.625  1.0
  N  N11  1  0.049  0.291  0.375  1.0
  N  N12  1  0.852  0.836  0.993  1.0
  N  N13  1  0.148  0.164  0.007  1.0
  N  N14  1  0.476  0.666  0.812  1.0
  N  N15  1  0.524  0.334  0.188  1.0
  N  N16  1  0.445  0.777  0.368  1.0
  N  N17  1  0.555  0.223  0.632  1.0
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The structure described by Cd4SnN4 is Aluminum carbonitride-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are four inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd(1) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one N(1), one N(2), one N(3), and one N(4) atom. In the second Cd site, Cd(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(2) and two equivalent N(3) atoms. In the third Cd site, Cd(3) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one N(1), one N(3), and two equivalent N(4) atoms. In the fourth Cd site, Cd(4) is bonded to one N(3), one N(4), and two equivalent N(1) atoms to form distorted CdN4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent Sn(1)N4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)N4 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Cd(4)N4 trigonal pyramid. Sn(1) is bonded to one N(1), one N(2), one N(3), and one N(4) atom to form SnN4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cd(4)N4 trigonal pyramids and  an edgeedge with one Cd(4)N4 trigonal pyramid. There are four inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Cd(1), one Cd(3), two equivalent Cd(4), and one Sn(1) atom. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded to one Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form NCd3Sn tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent N(4)Cd4Sn trigonal bipyramids and  an edgeedge with one N(2)Cd3Sn tetrahedra. In the third N site, N(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cd(1), one Cd(3), one Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(2), and one Sn(1) atom. In the fourth N site, N(4) is bonded to one Cd(1), one Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(3), and one Sn(1) atom to form NCd4Sn trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent N(2)Cd3Sn tetrahedra and  an edgeedge with one N(4)Cd4Sn trigonal bipyramid. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Cd4SnN4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.078
_cell_length_b   6.108
_cell_length_c   9.172
_cell_angle_alpha   68.233
_cell_angle_beta   86.507
_cell_angle_gamma   68.603
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   293.345
_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
  Cd  Cd0  1  0.718  0.630  0.207  1.0
  Cd  Cd1  1  0.282  0.370  0.793  1.0
  Cd  Cd2  1  0.753  0.238  0.997  1.0
  Cd  Cd3  1  0.247  0.762  0.003  1.0
  Cd  Cd4  1  0.744  0.490  0.588  1.0
  Cd  Cd5  1  0.256  0.510  0.412  1.0
  Cd  Cd6  1  0.248  0.918  0.583  1.0
  Cd  Cd7  1  0.752  0.082  0.417  1.0
  Sn  Sn8  1  0.723  0.845  0.787  1.0
  Sn  Sn9  1  0.277  0.155  0.213  1.0
  N  N10  1  0.951  0.709  0.625  1.0
  N  N11  1  0.049  0.291  0.375  1.0
  N  N12  1  0.852  0.836  0.993  1.0
  N  N13  1  0.148  0.164  0.007  1.0
  N  N14  1  0.476  0.666  0.812  1.0
  N  N15  1  0.524  0.334  0.188  1.0
  N  N16  1  0.445  0.777  0.368  1.0
  N  N17  1  0.555  0.223  0.632  1.0
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