The compound described by Na2CdCl4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbam space group. Na(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cl(1) and four equivalent Cl(2) atoms. Cd(1) is bonded to two equivalent Cl(2) and four equivalent Cl(1) atoms to form edge-sharing CdCl6 octahedra. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to four equivalent Na(1) and one Cd(1) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClNa4Cd trigonal bipyramids. In the second Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Na(1) and two equivalent Cd(1) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Na2CdCl4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.930
_cell_length_b   7.005
_cell_length_c   11.943
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   328.780
_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
  Na  Na0  1  0.500  0.088  0.684  1.0
  Na  Na1  1  0.500  0.912  0.316  1.0
  Na  Na2  1  0.500  0.412  0.184  1.0
  Na  Na3  1  0.500  0.588  0.816  1.0
  Cd  Cd4  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Cd  Cd5  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Cl  Cl6  1  0.500  0.748  0.544  1.0
  Cl  Cl7  1  0.500  0.252  0.456  1.0
  Cl  Cl8  1  0.000  0.126  0.204  1.0
  Cl  Cl9  1  0.000  0.874  0.796  1.0
  Cl  Cl10  1  0.000  0.626  0.296  1.0
  Cl  Cl11  1  0.000  0.374  0.704  1.0
  Cl  Cl12  1  0.500  0.248  0.956  1.0
  Cl  Cl13  1  0.500  0.752  0.044  1.0
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The compound described by Na2CdCl4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbam space group. Na(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cl(1) and four equivalent Cl(2) atoms. Cd(1) is bonded to two equivalent Cl(2) and four equivalent Cl(1) atoms to form edge-sharing CdCl6 octahedra. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to four equivalent Na(1) and one Cd(1) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClNa4Cd trigonal bipyramids. In the second Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Na(1) and two equivalent Cd(1) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Na2CdCl4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.930
_cell_length_b   7.005
_cell_length_c   11.943
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   328.780
_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
  Na  Na0  1  0.500  0.088  0.684  1.0
  Na  Na1  1  0.500  0.912  0.316  1.0
  Na  Na2  1  0.500  0.412  0.184  1.0
  Na  Na3  1  0.500  0.588  0.816  1.0
  Cd  Cd4  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Cd  Cd5  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Cl  Cl6  1  0.500  0.748  0.544  1.0
  Cl  Cl7  1  0.500  0.252  0.456  1.0
  Cl  Cl8  1  0.000  0.126  0.204  1.0
  Cl  Cl9  1  0.000  0.874  0.796  1.0
  Cl  Cl10  1  0.000  0.626  0.296  1.0
  Cl  Cl11  1  0.000  0.374  0.704  1.0
  Cl  Cl12  1  0.500  0.248  0.956  1.0
  Cl  Cl13  1  0.500  0.752  0.044  1.0
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