The crystal structure described by La3(MoO5)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are three inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. There are two inequivalent Mo sites. In the first Mo site, Mo(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(9) atom to form distorted corner-sharing MoO5 trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. In the second Mo site, Mo(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form distorted corner-sharing MoO6 octahedra. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one La(1), one La(3), and one Mo(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one Mo(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(2) atom to form OLa3Mo tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)La3Mo tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent O(5)La3Mo tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(9)La3Mo tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one La(1), one La(3), one Mo(1), and one Mo(2) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OLa2Mo2 tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(1) atom to form OLa3Mo tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent O(3)La3Mo tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(9)La3Mo tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one Mo(2) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(2) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(1) atom to form distorted OLa3Mo tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(3)La3Mo tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)La3Mo tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)La3Mo tetrahedra. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(2) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_La3(MoO5)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.668
_cell_length_b   6.300
_cell_length_c   7.321
_cell_angle_alpha   79.211
_cell_angle_beta   67.299
_cell_angle_gamma   65.525
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   219.392
_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
  La  La0  1  0.797  0.606  0.790  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.194  0.373  0.202  1.0
  La  La2  1  0.579  0.210  0.596  1.0
  Mo  Mo3  1  0.020  0.015  0.910  1.0
  Mo  Mo4  1  0.354  0.794  0.388  1.0
  O  O5  1  0.416  0.906  0.769  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.979  0.769  0.066  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.207  0.532  0.490  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.002  0.923  0.676  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.647  0.273  0.911  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.497  0.676  0.147  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.047  0.044  0.319  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.673  0.562  0.472  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.104  0.296  0.922  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.478  0.034  0.367  1.0
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The crystal structure described by La3(MoO5)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are three inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. There are two inequivalent Mo sites. In the first Mo site, Mo(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(9) atom to form distorted corner-sharing MoO5 trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. In the second Mo site, Mo(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form distorted corner-sharing MoO6 octahedra. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one La(1), one La(3), and one Mo(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one Mo(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(2) atom to form OLa3Mo tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)La3Mo tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent O(5)La3Mo tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(9)La3Mo tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one La(1), one La(3), one Mo(1), and one Mo(2) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OLa2Mo2 tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(1) atom to form OLa3Mo tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent O(3)La3Mo tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(9)La3Mo tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one Mo(2) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(2) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(1) atom to form distorted OLa3Mo tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(3)La3Mo tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)La2Mo2 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)La3Mo tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)La3Mo tetrahedra. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one La(2), one La(3), and one Mo(2) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_La3(MoO5)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.668
_cell_length_b   6.300
_cell_length_c   7.321
_cell_angle_alpha   79.211
_cell_angle_beta   67.299
_cell_angle_gamma   65.525
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   219.392
_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
  La  La0  1  0.797  0.606  0.790  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.194  0.373  0.202  1.0
  La  La2  1  0.579  0.210  0.596  1.0
  Mo  Mo3  1  0.020  0.015  0.910  1.0
  Mo  Mo4  1  0.354  0.794  0.388  1.0
  O  O5  1  0.416  0.906  0.769  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.979  0.769  0.066  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.207  0.532  0.490  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.002  0.923  0.676  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.647  0.273  0.911  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.497  0.676  0.147  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.047  0.044  0.319  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.673  0.562  0.472  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.104  0.296  0.922  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.478  0.034  0.367  1.0
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