The crystal structure described by Na3Nd5Cl15 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are three inequivalent Na sites. In the first Na site, Na(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(2), one Cl(4), one Cl(5), one Cl(6), and one Cl(9) atom. In the second Na site, Na(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Cl(13), one Cl(14), one Cl(15), one Cl(3), one Cl(4), one Cl(6), one Cl(7), one Cl(8), and one Cl(9) atom. In the third Na site, Na(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cl(10), one Cl(11), one Cl(12), one Cl(14), one Cl(7), and one Cl(8) atom. There are five inequivalent Nd sites. In the first Nd site, Nd(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(11), one Cl(13), one Cl(2), one Cl(3), one Cl(5), one Cl(8), and two equivalent Cl(4) atoms. In the second Nd site, Nd(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(2), one Cl(4), one Cl(5), one Cl(7), two equivalent Cl(3), and two equivalent Cl(6) atoms. In the third Nd site, Nd(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(10), one Cl(11), one Cl(15), one Cl(2), one Cl(5), one Cl(6), one Cl(7), one Cl(8), and one Cl(9) atom. In the fourth Nd site, Nd(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(11), one Cl(13), one Cl(14), one Cl(15), one Cl(7), one Cl(9), and two equivalent Cl(12) atoms. In the fifth Nd site, Nd(5) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(12), one Cl(13), one Cl(15), one Cl(8), one Cl(9), two equivalent Cl(10), and two equivalent Cl(14) atoms. There are fifteen inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded to one Na(1), one Nd(1), one Nd(2), and one Nd(4) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to one Na(1), one Nd(1), one Nd(2), and one Nd(3) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded to one Na(2), one Nd(1), and two equivalent Nd(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the fourth Cl site, Cl(4) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Nd(2), and two equivalent Nd(1) atoms. In the fifth Cl site, Cl(5) is bonded to one Na(1), one Nd(1), one Nd(2), and one Nd(3) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the sixth Cl site, Cl(6) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Nd(3), and two equivalent Nd(2) atoms. In the seventh Cl site, Cl(7) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Nd(2), one Nd(3), and one Nd(4) atom. In the eighth Cl site, Cl(8) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Nd(1), one Nd(3), and one Nd(5) atom. In the ninth Cl site, Cl(9) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Nd(3), one Nd(4), and one Nd(5) atom. In the tenth Cl site, Cl(10) is bonded to one Na(3), one Nd(3), and two equivalent Nd(5) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the eleventh Cl site, Cl(11) is bonded to one Na(3), one Nd(1), one Nd(3), and one Nd(4) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the twelfth Cl site, Cl(12) is bonded to one Na(3), one Nd(5), and two equivalent Nd(4) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth Cl site, Cl(13) is bonded to one Na(2), one Nd(1), one Nd(4), and one Nd(5) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth Cl site, Cl(14) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Nd(4), and two equivalent Nd(5) atoms. In the fifteenth Cl site, Cl(15) is bonded to one Na(2), one Nd(3), one Nd(4), and one Nd(5) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Na3Nd5Cl15
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.898
_cell_length_b   8.911
_cell_length_c   14.201
_cell_angle_alpha   96.251
_cell_angle_beta   96.122
_cell_angle_gamma   102.165
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   1084.412
_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  0.585  0.586  0.914  1.0
  Na  Na1  1  0.415  0.414  0.086  1.0
  Na  Na2  1  0.249  0.251  0.249  1.0
  Na  Na3  1  0.914  0.915  0.586  1.0
  Na  Na4  1  0.086  0.085  0.414  1.0
  Na  Na5  1  0.751  0.749  0.751  1.0
  Nd  Nd6  1  0.982  0.317  0.853  1.0
  Nd  Nd7  1  0.219  0.885  0.947  1.0
  Nd  Nd8  1  0.781  0.115  0.053  1.0
  Nd  Nd9  1  0.018  0.683  0.147  1.0
  Nd  Nd10  1  0.583  0.917  0.249  1.0
  Nd  Nd11  1  0.815  0.483  0.351  1.0
  Nd  Nd12  1  0.386  0.717  0.447  1.0
  Nd  Nd13  1  0.614  0.283  0.553  1.0
  Nd  Nd14  1  0.185  0.517  0.649  1.0
  Nd  Nd15  1  0.417  0.083  0.751  1.0
  Cl  Cl16  1  0.254  0.564  0.857  1.0
  Cl  Cl17  1  0.671  0.287  0.907  1.0
  Cl  Cl18  1  0.917  0.001  0.889  1.0
  Cl  Cl19  1  0.069  0.363  0.060  1.0
  Cl  Cl20  1  0.285  0.208  0.912  1.0
  Cl  Cl21  1  0.471  0.101  0.106  1.0
  Cl  Cl22  1  0.529  0.899  0.894  1.0
  Cl  Cl23  1  0.715  0.792  0.088  1.0
  Cl  Cl24  1  0.872  0.161  0.260  1.0
  Cl  Cl25  1  0.931  0.637  0.940  1.0
  Cl  Cl26  1  0.083  0.999  0.111  1.0
  Cl  Cl27  1  0.274  0.900  0.306  1.0
  Cl  Cl28  1  0.329  0.713  0.093  1.0
  Cl  Cl29  1  0.511  0.585  0.283  1.0
  Cl  Cl30  1  0.662  0.962  0.457  1.0
  Cl  Cl31  1  0.746  0.436  0.143  1.0
  Cl  Cl32  1  0.885  0.799  0.314  1.0
  Cl  Cl33  1  0.079  0.692  0.506  1.0
  Cl  Cl34  1  0.125  0.514  0.295  1.0
  Cl  Cl35  1  0.313  0.392  0.484  1.0
  Cl  Cl36  1  0.455  0.763  0.655  1.0
  Cl  Cl37  1  0.545  0.237  0.345  1.0
  Cl  Cl38  1  0.687  0.608  0.516  1.0
  Cl  Cl39  1  0.875  0.486  0.705  1.0
  Cl  Cl40  1  0.921  0.308  0.494  1.0
  Cl  Cl41  1  0.115  0.201  0.686  1.0
  Cl  Cl42  1  0.338  0.038  0.543  1.0
  Cl  Cl43  1  0.489  0.415  0.717  1.0
  Cl  Cl44  1  0.726  0.100  0.694  1.0
  Cl  Cl45  1  0.128  0.839  0.740  1.0
[/CIF]
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The crystal structure described by Na3Nd5Cl15 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are three inequivalent Na sites. In the first Na site, Na(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(2), one Cl(4), one Cl(5), one Cl(6), and one Cl(9) atom. In the second Na site, Na(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Cl(13), one Cl(14), one Cl(15), one Cl(3), one Cl(4), one Cl(6), one Cl(7), one Cl(8), and one Cl(9) atom. In the third Na site, Na(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cl(10), one Cl(11), one Cl(12), one Cl(14), one Cl(7), and one Cl(8) atom. There are five inequivalent Nd sites. In the first Nd site, Nd(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(11), one Cl(13), one Cl(2), one Cl(3), one Cl(5), one Cl(8), and two equivalent Cl(4) atoms. In the second Nd site, Nd(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(2), one Cl(4), one Cl(5), one Cl(7), two equivalent Cl(3), and two equivalent Cl(6) atoms. In the third Nd site, Nd(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(10), one Cl(11), one Cl(15), one Cl(2), one Cl(5), one Cl(6), one Cl(7), one Cl(8), and one Cl(9) atom. In the fourth Nd site, Nd(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(11), one Cl(13), one Cl(14), one Cl(15), one Cl(7), one Cl(9), and two equivalent Cl(12) atoms. In the fifth Nd site, Nd(5) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cl(12), one Cl(13), one Cl(15), one Cl(8), one Cl(9), two equivalent Cl(10), and two equivalent Cl(14) atoms. There are fifteen inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded to one Na(1), one Nd(1), one Nd(2), and one Nd(4) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to one Na(1), one Nd(1), one Nd(2), and one Nd(3) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded to one Na(2), one Nd(1), and two equivalent Nd(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the fourth Cl site, Cl(4) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Nd(2), and two equivalent Nd(1) atoms. In the fifth Cl site, Cl(5) is bonded to one Na(1), one Nd(1), one Nd(2), and one Nd(3) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the sixth Cl site, Cl(6) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Nd(3), and two equivalent Nd(2) atoms. In the seventh Cl site, Cl(7) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Nd(2), one Nd(3), and one Nd(4) atom. In the eighth Cl site, Cl(8) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Nd(1), one Nd(3), and one Nd(5) atom. In the ninth Cl site, Cl(9) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Nd(3), one Nd(4), and one Nd(5) atom. In the tenth Cl site, Cl(10) is bonded to one Na(3), one Nd(3), and two equivalent Nd(5) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the eleventh Cl site, Cl(11) is bonded to one Na(3), one Nd(1), one Nd(3), and one Nd(4) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the twelfth Cl site, Cl(12) is bonded to one Na(3), one Nd(5), and two equivalent Nd(4) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth Cl site, Cl(13) is bonded to one Na(2), one Nd(1), one Nd(4), and one Nd(5) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth Cl site, Cl(14) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Nd(4), and two equivalent Nd(5) atoms. In the fifteenth Cl site, Cl(15) is bonded to one Na(2), one Nd(3), one Nd(4), and one Nd(5) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClNaNd3 tetrahedra. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Na3Nd5Cl15
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.898
_cell_length_b   8.911
_cell_length_c   14.201
_cell_angle_alpha   96.251
_cell_angle_beta   96.122
_cell_angle_gamma   102.165
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   1084.412
_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  0.585  0.586  0.914  1.0
  Na  Na1  1  0.415  0.414  0.086  1.0
  Na  Na2  1  0.249  0.251  0.249  1.0
  Na  Na3  1  0.914  0.915  0.586  1.0
  Na  Na4  1  0.086  0.085  0.414  1.0
  Na  Na5  1  0.751  0.749  0.751  1.0
  Nd  Nd6  1  0.982  0.317  0.853  1.0
  Nd  Nd7  1  0.219  0.885  0.947  1.0
  Nd  Nd8  1  0.781  0.115  0.053  1.0
  Nd  Nd9  1  0.018  0.683  0.147  1.0
  Nd  Nd10  1  0.583  0.917  0.249  1.0
  Nd  Nd11  1  0.815  0.483  0.351  1.0
  Nd  Nd12  1  0.386  0.717  0.447  1.0
  Nd  Nd13  1  0.614  0.283  0.553  1.0
  Nd  Nd14  1  0.185  0.517  0.649  1.0
  Nd  Nd15  1  0.417  0.083  0.751  1.0
  Cl  Cl16  1  0.254  0.564  0.857  1.0
  Cl  Cl17  1  0.671  0.287  0.907  1.0
  Cl  Cl18  1  0.917  0.001  0.889  1.0
  Cl  Cl19  1  0.069  0.363  0.060  1.0
  Cl  Cl20  1  0.285  0.208  0.912  1.0
  Cl  Cl21  1  0.471  0.101  0.106  1.0
  Cl  Cl22  1  0.529  0.899  0.894  1.0
  Cl  Cl23  1  0.715  0.792  0.088  1.0
  Cl  Cl24  1  0.872  0.161  0.260  1.0
  Cl  Cl25  1  0.931  0.637  0.940  1.0
  Cl  Cl26  1  0.083  0.999  0.111  1.0
  Cl  Cl27  1  0.274  0.900  0.306  1.0
  Cl  Cl28  1  0.329  0.713  0.093  1.0
  Cl  Cl29  1  0.511  0.585  0.283  1.0
  Cl  Cl30  1  0.662  0.962  0.457  1.0
  Cl  Cl31  1  0.746  0.436  0.143  1.0
  Cl  Cl32  1  0.885  0.799  0.314  1.0
  Cl  Cl33  1  0.079  0.692  0.506  1.0
  Cl  Cl34  1  0.125  0.514  0.295  1.0
  Cl  Cl35  1  0.313  0.392  0.484  1.0
  Cl  Cl36  1  0.455  0.763  0.655  1.0
  Cl  Cl37  1  0.545  0.237  0.345  1.0
  Cl  Cl38  1  0.687  0.608  0.516  1.0
  Cl  Cl39  1  0.875  0.486  0.705  1.0
  Cl  Cl40  1  0.921  0.308  0.494  1.0
  Cl  Cl41  1  0.115  0.201  0.686  1.0
  Cl  Cl42  1  0.338  0.038  0.543  1.0
  Cl  Cl43  1  0.489  0.415  0.717  1.0
  Cl  Cl44  1  0.726  0.100  0.694  1.0
  Cl  Cl45  1  0.128  0.839  0.740  1.0
[/CIF]
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