The structure described by Li4Ni3Sn3(SbO8)2 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(12), one O(3), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 48-64°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(5), one O(7), and two equivalent O(11) atoms. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(4), one O(8), and two equivalent O(1) atoms to form distorted LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 53-66°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 59-61°. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 48°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(12), one O(5), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(5), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 52°. There are two inequivalent Sb sites. In the first Sb site, Sb(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(8), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. In the second Sb site, Sb(2) is bonded to one O(12), one O(7), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 48-52°. There are twelve inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Sn(2), and one Sb(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Sn(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLiSn2Sb trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(4)LiNiSn2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)LiNi2Sn trigonal pyramid, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(3)LiNiSn2 trigonal pyramid. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(1), and two equivalent Sn(1) atoms to form distorted OLiNiSn2 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent O(4)LiNiSn2 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramid. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), one Ni(1), and two equivalent Sn(1) atoms to form distorted OLiNiSn2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramids, and corners with three equivalent O(3)LiNiSn2 trigonal pyramids. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sn(2) atom to form corner-sharing OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(4), one Ni(1), one Sn(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLiNiSnSb tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)LiNiSn2 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)LiNi2Sn trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)LiNiSn2 trigonal pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramid. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), two equivalent Sn(1), and one Sb(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sb(1) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Sn(2), and one Sb(2) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sn(2) atom to form distorted OLiNi2Sn trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent O(5)LiNi2Sn tetrahedra, and  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramid. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Ni(1), one Sn(1), and one Sb(2) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sb(2) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Li4Ni3Sn3(SbO8)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.119
_cell_length_b   6.119
_cell_length_c   9.815
_cell_angle_alpha   89.893
_cell_angle_beta   89.893
_cell_angle_gamma   60.406
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   319.598
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Li  Li0  1  0.332  0.332  0.105  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.018  0.018  0.020  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.011  0.011  0.502  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.669  0.669  0.587  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.171  0.171  0.785  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.826  0.341  0.288  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.341  0.826  0.288  1.0
  Sn  Sn7  1  0.660  0.168  0.787  1.0
  Sn  Sn8  1  0.168  0.660  0.787  1.0
  Sn  Sn9  1  0.829  0.829  0.287  1.0
  Sb  Sb10  1  0.327  0.327  0.506  1.0
  Sb  Sb11  1  0.656  0.656  0.022  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.662  0.167  0.412  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.483  0.483  0.652  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.334  0.334  0.898  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.001  0.001  0.691  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.999  0.999  0.202  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.167  0.662  0.412  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.482  0.040  0.653  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.040  0.482  0.653  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.831  0.831  0.905  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.169  0.169  0.406  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.961  0.519  0.145  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.519  0.961  0.145  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.667  0.667  0.392  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.830  0.334  0.905  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.514  0.514  0.152  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.334  0.830  0.905  1.0
[/CIF]
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The structure described by Li4Ni3Sn3(SbO8)2 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(12), one O(3), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 48-64°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(5), one O(7), and two equivalent O(11) atoms. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(4), one O(8), and two equivalent O(1) atoms to form distorted LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 53-66°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 59-61°. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 48°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(12), one O(5), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(5), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 52°. There are two inequivalent Sb sites. In the first Sb site, Sb(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(8), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. In the second Sb site, Sb(2) is bonded to one O(12), one O(7), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 48-52°. There are twelve inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Sn(2), and one Sb(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Sn(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLiSn2Sb trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(4)LiNiSn2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)LiNi2Sn trigonal pyramid, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(3)LiNiSn2 trigonal pyramid. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(1), and two equivalent Sn(1) atoms to form distorted OLiNiSn2 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent O(4)LiNiSn2 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramid. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), one Ni(1), and two equivalent Sn(1) atoms to form distorted OLiNiSn2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramids, and corners with three equivalent O(3)LiNiSn2 trigonal pyramids. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sn(2) atom to form corner-sharing OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(4), one Ni(1), one Sn(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLiNiSnSb tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)LiNiSn2 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)LiNi2Sn trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)LiNiSn2 trigonal pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramid. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), two equivalent Sn(1), and one Sb(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sb(1) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Sn(2), and one Sb(2) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sn(2) atom to form distorted OLiNi2Sn trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(6)LiNiSnSb tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent O(5)LiNi2Sn tetrahedra, and  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiSn2Sb trigonal pyramid. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Ni(1), one Sn(1), and one Sb(2) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sb(2) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Li4Ni3Sn3(SbO8)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.119
_cell_length_b   6.119
_cell_length_c   9.815
_cell_angle_alpha   89.893
_cell_angle_beta   89.893
_cell_angle_gamma   60.406
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   319.598
_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
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  Li  Li0  1  0.332  0.332  0.105  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.018  0.018  0.020  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.011  0.011  0.502  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.669  0.669  0.587  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.171  0.171  0.785  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.826  0.341  0.288  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.341  0.826  0.288  1.0
  Sn  Sn7  1  0.660  0.168  0.787  1.0
  Sn  Sn8  1  0.168  0.660  0.787  1.0
  Sn  Sn9  1  0.829  0.829  0.287  1.0
  Sb  Sb10  1  0.327  0.327  0.506  1.0
  Sb  Sb11  1  0.656  0.656  0.022  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.662  0.167  0.412  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.483  0.483  0.652  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.334  0.334  0.898  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.001  0.001  0.691  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.999  0.999  0.202  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.167  0.662  0.412  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.482  0.040  0.653  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.040  0.482  0.653  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.831  0.831  0.905  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.169  0.169  0.406  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.961  0.519  0.145  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.519  0.961  0.145  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.667  0.667  0.392  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.830  0.334  0.905  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.514  0.514  0.152  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.334  0.830  0.905  1.0
[/CIF]
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