The structure described by CdP4 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. Cd(1) is bonded to two equivalent P(1) and four equivalent P(2) atoms to form CdP6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent Cd(1)P6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent P(2)Cd2P2 tetrahedra, and corners with ten equivalent P(1)CdP3 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 63°. There are two inequivalent P sites. In the first P site, P(1) is bonded to one Cd(1), one P(1), and two equivalent P(2) atoms to form PCdP3 tetrahedra that share corners with five equivalent Cd(1)P6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent P(1)CdP3 tetrahedra, and corners with six equivalent P(2)Cd2P2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 58-78°. In the second P site, P(2) is bonded to two equivalent Cd(1) and two equivalent P(1) atoms to form PCd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cd(1)P6 octahedra, corners with six equivalent P(1)CdP3 tetrahedra, and corners with eight equivalent P(2)Cd2P2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 68-72°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_CdP4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.172
_cell_length_b   5.289
_cell_length_c   7.650
_cell_angle_alpha   99.245
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   206.573
_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  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Cd  Cd1  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  P  P2  1  0.601  0.600  0.899  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.101  0.400  0.601  1.0
  P  P4  1  0.289  0.736  0.748  1.0
  P  P5  1  0.789  0.264  0.752  1.0
  P  P6  1  0.711  0.264  0.252  1.0
  P  P7  1  0.211  0.736  0.248  1.0
  P  P8  1  0.899  0.600  0.399  1.0
  P  P9  1  0.399  0.400  0.101  1.0
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The structure described by CdP4 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. Cd(1) is bonded to two equivalent P(1) and four equivalent P(2) atoms to form CdP6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent Cd(1)P6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent P(2)Cd2P2 tetrahedra, and corners with ten equivalent P(1)CdP3 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 63°. There are two inequivalent P sites. In the first P site, P(1) is bonded to one Cd(1), one P(1), and two equivalent P(2) atoms to form PCdP3 tetrahedra that share corners with five equivalent Cd(1)P6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent P(1)CdP3 tetrahedra, and corners with six equivalent P(2)Cd2P2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 58-78°. In the second P site, P(2) is bonded to two equivalent Cd(1) and two equivalent P(1) atoms to form PCd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cd(1)P6 octahedra, corners with six equivalent P(1)CdP3 tetrahedra, and corners with eight equivalent P(2)Cd2P2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 68-72°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_CdP4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.172
_cell_length_b   5.289
_cell_length_c   7.650
_cell_angle_alpha   99.245
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   206.573
_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  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Cd  Cd1  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  P  P2  1  0.601  0.600  0.899  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.101  0.400  0.601  1.0
  P  P4  1  0.289  0.736  0.748  1.0
  P  P5  1  0.789  0.264  0.752  1.0
  P  P6  1  0.711  0.264  0.252  1.0
  P  P7  1  0.211  0.736  0.248  1.0
  P  P8  1  0.899  0.600  0.399  1.0
  P  P9  1  0.399  0.400  0.101  1.0
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