The material described by Rb2GdCl5 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Rb(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cl(1), two equivalent Cl(2), two equivalent Cl(3), and two equivalent Cl(4) atoms. Gd(1) is bonded to one Cl(1), one Cl(3), one Cl(4), and four equivalent Cl(2) atoms to form distorted edge-sharing GdCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are four inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Rb(1) and one Gd(1) atom. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rb(1) and two equivalent Gd(1) atoms. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded to four equivalent Rb(1) and one Gd(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing ClRb4Gd trigonal bipyramids. In the fourth Cl site, Cl(4) is bonded to four equivalent Rb(1) and one Gd(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing ClRb4Gd trigonal bipyramids. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Rb2GdCl5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.201
_cell_length_b   8.779
_cell_length_c   13.179
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   948.820
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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  0.946  0.005  0.828  1.0
  Rb  Rb1  1  0.054  0.995  0.172  1.0
  Rb  Rb2  1  0.446  0.995  0.672  1.0
  Rb  Rb3  1  0.054  0.505  0.172  1.0
  Rb  Rb4  1  0.554  0.005  0.328  1.0
  Rb  Rb5  1  0.946  0.495  0.828  1.0
  Rb  Rb6  1  0.554  0.495  0.328  1.0
  Rb  Rb7  1  0.446  0.505  0.672  1.0
  Gd  Gd8  1  0.929  0.750  0.504  1.0
  Gd  Gd9  1  0.071  0.250  0.496  1.0
  Gd  Gd10  1  0.429  0.250  0.996  1.0
  Gd  Gd11  1  0.571  0.750  0.004  1.0
  Cl  Cl12  1  0.116  0.750  0.672  1.0
  Cl  Cl13  1  0.884  0.250  0.328  1.0
  Cl  Cl14  1  0.616  0.250  0.828  1.0
  Cl  Cl15  1  0.384  0.750  0.172  1.0
  Cl  Cl16  1  0.841  0.043  0.571  1.0
  Cl  Cl17  1  0.159  0.957  0.429  1.0
  Cl  Cl18  1  0.341  0.957  0.929  1.0
  Cl  Cl19  1  0.159  0.543  0.429  1.0
  Cl  Cl20  1  0.659  0.043  0.071  1.0
  Cl  Cl21  1  0.841  0.457  0.571  1.0
  Cl  Cl22  1  0.659  0.457  0.071  1.0
  Cl  Cl23  1  0.341  0.543  0.929  1.0
  Cl  Cl24  1  0.597  0.750  0.512  1.0
  Cl  Cl25  1  0.403  0.250  0.488  1.0
  Cl  Cl26  1  0.097  0.250  0.988  1.0
  Cl  Cl27  1  0.903  0.750  0.012  1.0
  Cl  Cl28  1  0.654  0.750  0.805  1.0
  Cl  Cl29  1  0.346  0.250  0.195  1.0
  Cl  Cl30  1  0.154  0.250  0.695  1.0
  Cl  Cl31  1  0.846  0.750  0.305  1.0
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The material described by Rb2GdCl5 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Rb(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cl(1), two equivalent Cl(2), two equivalent Cl(3), and two equivalent Cl(4) atoms. Gd(1) is bonded to one Cl(1), one Cl(3), one Cl(4), and four equivalent Cl(2) atoms to form distorted edge-sharing GdCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are four inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Rb(1) and one Gd(1) atom. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rb(1) and two equivalent Gd(1) atoms. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded to four equivalent Rb(1) and one Gd(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing ClRb4Gd trigonal bipyramids. In the fourth Cl site, Cl(4) is bonded to four equivalent Rb(1) and one Gd(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing ClRb4Gd trigonal bipyramids. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Rb2GdCl5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.201
_cell_length_b   8.779
_cell_length_c   13.179
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   948.820
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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  0.946  0.005  0.828  1.0
  Rb  Rb1  1  0.054  0.995  0.172  1.0
  Rb  Rb2  1  0.446  0.995  0.672  1.0
  Rb  Rb3  1  0.054  0.505  0.172  1.0
  Rb  Rb4  1  0.554  0.005  0.328  1.0
  Rb  Rb5  1  0.946  0.495  0.828  1.0
  Rb  Rb6  1  0.554  0.495  0.328  1.0
  Rb  Rb7  1  0.446  0.505  0.672  1.0
  Gd  Gd8  1  0.929  0.750  0.504  1.0
  Gd  Gd9  1  0.071  0.250  0.496  1.0
  Gd  Gd10  1  0.429  0.250  0.996  1.0
  Gd  Gd11  1  0.571  0.750  0.004  1.0
  Cl  Cl12  1  0.116  0.750  0.672  1.0
  Cl  Cl13  1  0.884  0.250  0.328  1.0
  Cl  Cl14  1  0.616  0.250  0.828  1.0
  Cl  Cl15  1  0.384  0.750  0.172  1.0
  Cl  Cl16  1  0.841  0.043  0.571  1.0
  Cl  Cl17  1  0.159  0.957  0.429  1.0
  Cl  Cl18  1  0.341  0.957  0.929  1.0
  Cl  Cl19  1  0.159  0.543  0.429  1.0
  Cl  Cl20  1  0.659  0.043  0.071  1.0
  Cl  Cl21  1  0.841  0.457  0.571  1.0
  Cl  Cl22  1  0.659  0.457  0.071  1.0
  Cl  Cl23  1  0.341  0.543  0.929  1.0
  Cl  Cl24  1  0.597  0.750  0.512  1.0
  Cl  Cl25  1  0.403  0.250  0.488  1.0
  Cl  Cl26  1  0.097  0.250  0.988  1.0
  Cl  Cl27  1  0.903  0.750  0.012  1.0
  Cl  Cl28  1  0.654  0.750  0.805  1.0
  Cl  Cl29  1  0.346  0.250  0.195  1.0
  Cl  Cl30  1  0.154  0.250  0.695  1.0
  Cl  Cl31  1  0.846  0.750  0.305  1.0
[/CIF]
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