The structure described by Li5Co3(SnO5)2 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-13°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. There are two inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-4°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(4), one O(5), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-13°. Sn(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(4), one O(5), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-12°. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(1), two equivalent Co(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to two equivalent Li(2), one Co(1), two equivalent Co(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), two equivalent Li(1), and two equivalent Sn(1) atoms to form OLi4Sn2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-11°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Co2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-11°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), two equivalent Li(1), one Co(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi4CoSn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-9°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li5Co3(SnO5)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.266
_cell_length_b   5.273
_cell_length_c   8.019
_cell_angle_alpha   107.784
_cell_angle_beta   101.877
_cell_angle_gamma   100.790
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   199.889
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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  Li  Li0  1  0.222  0.915  0.401  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.417  0.293  0.797  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.583  0.707  0.203  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.778  0.085  0.599  1.0
  Co  Co5  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.703  0.899  0.899  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.297  0.101  0.101  1.0
  Sn  Sn8  1  0.107  0.707  0.699  1.0
  Sn  Sn9  1  0.893  0.293  0.301  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.059  0.089  0.851  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.324  0.697  0.951  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.142  0.315  0.546  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.215  0.486  0.223  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.459  0.891  0.661  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.541  0.109  0.339  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.785  0.514  0.777  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.858  0.685  0.454  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.676  0.303  0.049  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.941  0.911  0.149  1.0
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The structure described by Li5Co3(SnO5)2 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-13°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. There are two inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-4°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(4), one O(5), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-13°. Sn(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(4), one O(5), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-12°. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(1), two equivalent Co(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to two equivalent Li(2), one Co(1), two equivalent Co(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), two equivalent Li(1), and two equivalent Sn(1) atoms to form OLi4Sn2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-11°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Co2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-11°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), two equivalent Li(1), one Co(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi4CoSn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4CoSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-9°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li5Co3(SnO5)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.266
_cell_length_b   5.273
_cell_length_c   8.019
_cell_angle_alpha   107.784
_cell_angle_beta   101.877
_cell_angle_gamma   100.790
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   199.889
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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  Li  Li0  1  0.222  0.915  0.401  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.417  0.293  0.797  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.583  0.707  0.203  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.778  0.085  0.599  1.0
  Co  Co5  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.703  0.899  0.899  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.297  0.101  0.101  1.0
  Sn  Sn8  1  0.107  0.707  0.699  1.0
  Sn  Sn9  1  0.893  0.293  0.301  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.059  0.089  0.851  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.324  0.697  0.951  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.142  0.315  0.546  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.215  0.486  0.223  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.459  0.891  0.661  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.541  0.109  0.339  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.785  0.514  0.777  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.858  0.685  0.454  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.676  0.303  0.049  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.941  0.911  0.149  1.0
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