The material described by V4(CrS2)5 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one S(3), one S(5), two equivalent S(2), and two equivalent S(4) atoms to form VS6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(3)S6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra, corners with five equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cr(1)S6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Cr(2)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 42-52°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one S(2), one S(3), one S(4), one S(5), and two equivalent S(1) atoms to form VS6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)S6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, corners with seven equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)S6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cr(2)S6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Cr(3)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 43-53°. There are three inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to one S(1), one S(2), one S(3), one S(4), and two equivalent S(5) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra, corners with seven equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)S6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one V(1)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 42-52°. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to one S(1), one S(4), two equivalent S(2), and two equivalent S(3) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra, corners with five equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra,  a faceface with one V(1)S6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one V(2)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-53°. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded to two equivalent S(1), two equivalent S(4), and two equivalent S(5) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra, corners with six equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 43-52°. There are five inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to two equivalent V(2), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form distorted SV2Cr3 square pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramid, corners with three equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramid, and edges with two equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to one V(2), two equivalent V(1), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form distorted SV3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids, and edges with two equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids. In the third S site, S(3) is bonded to one V(1), one V(2), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form distorted SV2Cr3 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, corners with four equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramid. In the fourth S site, S(4) is bonded to one V(2), two equivalent V(1), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form distorted SV3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, corners with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid, edges with three equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids, and edges with three equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids. In the fifth S site, S(5) is bonded to one V(1), one V(2), one Cr(3), and two equivalent Cr(1) atoms to form distorted SV2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, corners with four equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, and  an edgeedge with one S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramid. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_V4(CrS2)5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.873
_cell_length_b   6.675
_cell_length_c   8.195
_cell_angle_alpha   106.225
_cell_angle_beta   110.944
_cell_angle_gamma   89.934
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   286.310
_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
 _atom_site_occupancy
  V  V0  1  0.214  0.404  0.405  1.0
  V  V1  1  0.396  0.778  0.782  1.0
  V  V2  1  0.604  0.222  0.218  1.0
  V  V3  1  0.786  0.596  0.595  1.0
  Cr  Cr4  1  0.099  0.714  0.189  1.0
  Cr  Cr5  1  0.285  0.098  0.601  1.0
  Cr  Cr6  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Cr  Cr7  1  0.715  0.902  0.399  1.0
  Cr  Cr8  1  0.901  0.286  0.811  1.0
  S  S9  1  0.609  0.145  0.902  1.0
  S  S10  1  0.412  0.755  0.486  1.0
  S  S11  1  0.012  0.943  0.702  1.0
  S  S12  1  0.829  0.559  0.301  1.0
  S  S13  1  0.216  0.362  0.103  1.0
  S  S14  1  0.784  0.638  0.897  1.0
  S  S15  1  0.588  0.245  0.514  1.0
  S  S16  1  0.171  0.441  0.699  1.0
  S  S17  1  0.988  0.057  0.298  1.0
  S  S18  1  0.391  0.855  0.098  1.0
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The material described by V4(CrS2)5 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one S(3), one S(5), two equivalent S(2), and two equivalent S(4) atoms to form VS6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(3)S6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra, corners with five equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cr(1)S6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Cr(2)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 42-52°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one S(2), one S(3), one S(4), one S(5), and two equivalent S(1) atoms to form VS6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)S6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, corners with seven equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)S6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cr(2)S6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Cr(3)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 43-53°. There are three inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to one S(1), one S(2), one S(3), one S(4), and two equivalent S(5) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra, corners with seven equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)S6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one V(1)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 42-52°. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to one S(1), one S(4), two equivalent S(2), and two equivalent S(3) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra, corners with five equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra,  a faceface with one V(1)S6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one V(2)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-53°. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded to two equivalent S(1), two equivalent S(4), and two equivalent S(5) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra, corners with six equivalent V(1)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent V(2)S6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 43-52°. There are five inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to two equivalent V(2), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form distorted SV2Cr3 square pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramid, corners with three equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramid, and edges with two equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to one V(2), two equivalent V(1), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form distorted SV3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids, and edges with two equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids. In the third S site, S(3) is bonded to one V(1), one V(2), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form distorted SV2Cr3 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, corners with four equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramid. In the fourth S site, S(4) is bonded to one V(2), two equivalent V(1), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form distorted SV3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, corners with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid, edges with three equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids, and edges with three equivalent S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids. In the fifth S site, S(5) is bonded to one V(1), one V(2), one Cr(3), and two equivalent Cr(1) atoms to form distorted SV2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, corners with four equivalent S(3)V2Cr3 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(2)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent S(4)V3Cr3 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent S(1)V2Cr3 square pyramids, and  an edgeedge with one S(5)V2Cr3 trigonal bipyramid. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_V4(CrS2)5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.873
_cell_length_b   6.675
_cell_length_c   8.195
_cell_angle_alpha   106.225
_cell_angle_beta   110.944
_cell_angle_gamma   89.934
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   286.310
_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
 _atom_site_occupancy
  V  V0  1  0.214  0.404  0.405  1.0
  V  V1  1  0.396  0.778  0.782  1.0
  V  V2  1  0.604  0.222  0.218  1.0
  V  V3  1  0.786  0.596  0.595  1.0
  Cr  Cr4  1  0.099  0.714  0.189  1.0
  Cr  Cr5  1  0.285  0.098  0.601  1.0
  Cr  Cr6  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Cr  Cr7  1  0.715  0.902  0.399  1.0
  Cr  Cr8  1  0.901  0.286  0.811  1.0
  S  S9  1  0.609  0.145  0.902  1.0
  S  S10  1  0.412  0.755  0.486  1.0
  S  S11  1  0.012  0.943  0.702  1.0
  S  S12  1  0.829  0.559  0.301  1.0
  S  S13  1  0.216  0.362  0.103  1.0
  S  S14  1  0.784  0.638  0.897  1.0
  S  S15  1  0.588  0.245  0.514  1.0
  S  S16  1  0.171  0.441  0.699  1.0
  S  S17  1  0.988  0.057  0.298  1.0
  S  S18  1  0.391  0.855  0.098  1.0
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