The compound described by Li22(VSn)7 crystallizes in the trigonal P3m1 space group. There are twenty-two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one Li(16), three equivalent Li(17), one Sn(7), and three equivalent Sn(2) atoms to form distorted LiLi4Sn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(10)LiV4Sn3 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(19)Li3Sn4 tetrahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(19)Li3Sn4 tetrahedra. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(15), three equivalent Li(18), one V(5), and three equivalent Sn(1) atoms. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(18), three equivalent Li(15), one V(6), and three equivalent Sn(1) atoms. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(17), three equivalent Li(16), one V(7), and three equivalent Sn(2) atoms. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sn(3) atoms. In the sixth Li site, Li(6) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sn(4) atoms. In the seventh Li site, Li(7) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sn(5) atoms. In the eighth Li site, Li(8) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sn(6) atoms. In the ninth Li site, Li(9) is bonded to one Li(15), one V(1), and three equivalent V(6) atoms to form distorted LiLiV4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent Li(21)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent Li(9)LiV4 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(21)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra. In the tenth Li site, Li(10) is bonded to one Li(16), one V(2), three equivalent V(7), and three equivalent Sn(6) atoms to form distorted LiLiV4Sn3 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(10)LiV4Sn3 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra. In the eleventh Li site, Li(11) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(17), one V(3), and three equivalent Sn(7) atoms. In the twelfth Li site, Li(12) is bonded to one Li(18), one V(4), and three equivalent V(5) atoms to form distorted LiLiV4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent Li(20)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent Li(12)LiV4 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(20)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra. In the thirteenth Li site, Li(13) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent V(1) and three equivalent V(3) atoms. In the fourteenth Li site, Li(14) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent V(2), three equivalent V(4), and three equivalent Sn(6) atoms. In the fifteenth Li site, Li(15) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to one Li(2), one Li(9), three equivalent Li(21), three equivalent Li(3), three equivalent V(6), and three equivalent Sn(1) atoms. In the sixteenth Li site, Li(16) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to one Li(1), one Li(10), three equivalent Li(22), three equivalent Li(4), three equivalent V(7), and three equivalent Sn(2) atoms. In the seventeenth Li site, Li(17) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to one Li(11), one Li(4), three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(19), three equivalent Sn(2), and three equivalent Sn(7) atoms. In the eighteenth Li site, Li(18) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to one Li(12), one Li(3), three equivalent Li(2), three equivalent Li(20), three equivalent V(5), and three equivalent Sn(1) atoms. In the nineteenth Li site, Li(19) is bonded to three equivalent Li(17), one Sn(2), and three equivalent Sn(7) atoms to form distorted LiLi3Sn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(19)Li3Sn4 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra. In the twentieth Li site, Li(20) is bonded to three equivalent Li(18), three equivalent V(5), and one Sn(1) atom to form distorted LiLi3V3Sn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(21)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(12)LiV4 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(20)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(12)LiV4 tetrahedra. In the twenty-first Li site, Li(21) is bonded to three equivalent Li(15), three equivalent V(6), and one Sn(1) atom to form distorted LiLi3V3Sn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(20)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(9)LiV4 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(21)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(9)LiV4 tetrahedra. In the twenty-second Li site, Li(22) is bonded to three equivalent Li(16), three equivalent V(7), and one Sn(2) atom to form distorted LiLi3V3Sn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(19)Li3Sn4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(10)LiV4Sn3 tetrahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(10)LiV4Sn3 tetrahedra. There are seven inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(9), three equivalent Li(13), one Sn(3), and three equivalent Sn(5) atoms. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(10), three equivalent Li(14), one Sn(4), and three equivalent Sn(6) atoms. In the third V site, V(3) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(11), three equivalent Li(13), one Sn(5), and three equivalent Sn(3) atoms. In the fourth V site, V(4) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(12), three equivalent Li(14), one Sn(6), and three equivalent Sn(4) atoms. In the fifth V site, V(5) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(2), three equivalent Li(12), three equivalent Li(18), three equivalent Li(20), and one Sn(4) atom. In the sixth V site, V(6) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(3), three equivalent Li(15), three equivalent Li(21), three equivalent Li(9), and one Sn(5) atom. In the seventh V site, V(7) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(4), three equivalent Li(10), three equivalent Li(16), three equivalent Li(22), and one Sn(6) atom. There are seven inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(20), one Li(21), three equivalent Li(15), three equivalent Li(18), three equivalent Li(2), and three equivalent Li(3) atoms. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(19), one Li(22), three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(16), three equivalent Li(17), and three equivalent Li(4) atoms. In the third Sn site, Sn(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(5), one V(1), and three equivalent V(3) atoms. In the fourth Sn site, Sn(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(6), one V(2), one V(5), and three equivalent V(4) atoms. In the fifth Sn site, Sn(5) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(7), one V(3), one V(6), and three equivalent V(1) atoms. In the sixth Sn site, Sn(6) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(10), three equivalent Li(14), three equivalent Li(8), one V(4), one V(7), and three equivalent V(2) atoms. In the seventh Sn site, Sn(7) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one Li(1), three equivalent Li(11), three equivalent Li(17), and three equivalent Li(19) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Li22(VSn)7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.643
_cell_length_b   4.643
_cell_length_c   34.599
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   120.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   645.866
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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loop_
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  Li  Li0  1  0.333  0.667  0.525  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.333  0.667  0.025  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.667  0.333  0.975  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.667  0.333  0.476  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.000  0.000  0.668  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.000  0.000  0.168  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.000  0.000  0.832  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.000  0.000  0.332  1.0
  Li  Li8  1  0.333  0.667  0.858  1.0
  Li  Li9  1  0.333  0.667  0.358  1.0
  Li  Li10  1  0.667  0.333  0.640  1.0
  Li  Li11  1  0.667  0.333  0.142  1.0
  Li  Li12  1  0.000  0.000  0.749  1.0
  Li  Li13  1  0.000  0.000  0.250  1.0
  Li  Li14  1  0.333  0.667  0.944  1.0
  Li  Li15  1  0.333  0.667  0.445  1.0
  Li  Li16  1  0.667  0.333  0.558  1.0
  Li  Li17  1  0.667  0.333  0.056  1.0
  Li  Li18  1  0.000  0.000  0.583  1.0
  Li  Li19  1  0.000  0.000  0.082  1.0
  Li  Li20  1  0.000  0.000  0.917  1.0
  Li  Li21  1  0.000  0.000  0.418  1.0
  V  V22  1  0.333  0.667  0.776  1.0
  V  V23  1  0.333  0.667  0.274  1.0
  V  V24  1  0.667  0.333  0.726  1.0
  V  V25  1  0.667  0.333  0.226  1.0
  V  V26  1  0.333  0.667  0.111  1.0
  V  V27  1  0.667  0.333  0.889  1.0
  V  V28  1  0.667  0.333  0.388  1.0
  Sn  Sn29  1  0.000  0.000  1.000  1.0
  Sn  Sn30  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Sn  Sn31  1  0.333  0.667  0.696  1.0
  Sn  Sn32  1  0.333  0.667  0.194  1.0
  Sn  Sn33  1  0.667  0.333  0.806  1.0
  Sn  Sn34  1  0.667  0.333  0.306  1.0
  Sn  Sn35  1  0.333  0.667  0.607  1.0
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The compound described by Li22(VSn)7 crystallizes in the trigonal P3m1 space group. There are twenty-two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one Li(16), three equivalent Li(17), one Sn(7), and three equivalent Sn(2) atoms to form distorted LiLi4Sn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(10)LiV4Sn3 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(19)Li3Sn4 tetrahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(19)Li3Sn4 tetrahedra. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(15), three equivalent Li(18), one V(5), and three equivalent Sn(1) atoms. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(18), three equivalent Li(15), one V(6), and three equivalent Sn(1) atoms. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(17), three equivalent Li(16), one V(7), and three equivalent Sn(2) atoms. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sn(3) atoms. In the sixth Li site, Li(6) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sn(4) atoms. In the seventh Li site, Li(7) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sn(5) atoms. In the eighth Li site, Li(8) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sn(6) atoms. In the ninth Li site, Li(9) is bonded to one Li(15), one V(1), and three equivalent V(6) atoms to form distorted LiLiV4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent Li(21)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent Li(9)LiV4 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(21)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra. In the tenth Li site, Li(10) is bonded to one Li(16), one V(2), three equivalent V(7), and three equivalent Sn(6) atoms to form distorted LiLiV4Sn3 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(10)LiV4Sn3 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra. In the eleventh Li site, Li(11) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(17), one V(3), and three equivalent Sn(7) atoms. In the twelfth Li site, Li(12) is bonded to one Li(18), one V(4), and three equivalent V(5) atoms to form distorted LiLiV4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent Li(20)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent Li(12)LiV4 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(20)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra. In the thirteenth Li site, Li(13) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent V(1) and three equivalent V(3) atoms. In the fourteenth Li site, Li(14) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent V(2), three equivalent V(4), and three equivalent Sn(6) atoms. In the fifteenth Li site, Li(15) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to one Li(2), one Li(9), three equivalent Li(21), three equivalent Li(3), three equivalent V(6), and three equivalent Sn(1) atoms. In the sixteenth Li site, Li(16) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to one Li(1), one Li(10), three equivalent Li(22), three equivalent Li(4), three equivalent V(7), and three equivalent Sn(2) atoms. In the seventeenth Li site, Li(17) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to one Li(11), one Li(4), three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(19), three equivalent Sn(2), and three equivalent Sn(7) atoms. In the eighteenth Li site, Li(18) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to one Li(12), one Li(3), three equivalent Li(2), three equivalent Li(20), three equivalent V(5), and three equivalent Sn(1) atoms. In the nineteenth Li site, Li(19) is bonded to three equivalent Li(17), one Sn(2), and three equivalent Sn(7) atoms to form distorted LiLi3Sn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(19)Li3Sn4 tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra. In the twentieth Li site, Li(20) is bonded to three equivalent Li(18), three equivalent V(5), and one Sn(1) atom to form distorted LiLi3V3Sn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(21)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(12)LiV4 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(20)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(12)LiV4 tetrahedra. In the twenty-first Li site, Li(21) is bonded to three equivalent Li(15), three equivalent V(6), and one Sn(1) atom to form distorted LiLi3V3Sn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(20)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(9)LiV4 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(21)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(9)LiV4 tetrahedra. In the twenty-second Li site, Li(22) is bonded to three equivalent Li(16), three equivalent V(7), and one Sn(2) atom to form distorted LiLi3V3Sn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(19)Li3Sn4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(10)LiV4Sn3 tetrahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)Li4Sn4 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Li(22)Li3V3Sn tetrahedra, and faces with three equivalent Li(10)LiV4Sn3 tetrahedra. There are seven inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(9), three equivalent Li(13), one Sn(3), and three equivalent Sn(5) atoms. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(10), three equivalent Li(14), one Sn(4), and three equivalent Sn(6) atoms. In the third V site, V(3) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(11), three equivalent Li(13), one Sn(5), and three equivalent Sn(3) atoms. In the fourth V site, V(4) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(12), three equivalent Li(14), one Sn(6), and three equivalent Sn(4) atoms. In the fifth V site, V(5) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(2), three equivalent Li(12), three equivalent Li(18), three equivalent Li(20), and one Sn(4) atom. In the sixth V site, V(6) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(3), three equivalent Li(15), three equivalent Li(21), three equivalent Li(9), and one Sn(5) atom. In the seventh V site, V(7) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(4), three equivalent Li(10), three equivalent Li(16), three equivalent Li(22), and one Sn(6) atom. There are seven inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(20), one Li(21), three equivalent Li(15), three equivalent Li(18), three equivalent Li(2), and three equivalent Li(3) atoms. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to one Li(19), one Li(22), three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(16), three equivalent Li(17), and three equivalent Li(4) atoms. In the third Sn site, Sn(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(5), one V(1), and three equivalent V(3) atoms. In the fourth Sn site, Sn(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(6), one V(2), one V(5), and three equivalent V(4) atoms. In the fifth Sn site, Sn(5) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(7), one V(3), one V(6), and three equivalent V(1) atoms. In the sixth Sn site, Sn(6) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(10), three equivalent Li(14), three equivalent Li(8), one V(4), one V(7), and three equivalent V(2) atoms. In the seventh Sn site, Sn(7) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one Li(1), three equivalent Li(11), three equivalent Li(17), and three equivalent Li(19) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Li22(VSn)7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.643
_cell_length_b   4.643
_cell_length_c   34.599
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   120.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   645.866
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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  Li  Li0  1  0.333  0.667  0.525  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.333  0.667  0.025  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.667  0.333  0.975  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.667  0.333  0.476  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.000  0.000  0.668  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.000  0.000  0.168  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.000  0.000  0.832  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.000  0.000  0.332  1.0
  Li  Li8  1  0.333  0.667  0.858  1.0
  Li  Li9  1  0.333  0.667  0.358  1.0
  Li  Li10  1  0.667  0.333  0.640  1.0
  Li  Li11  1  0.667  0.333  0.142  1.0
  Li  Li12  1  0.000  0.000  0.749  1.0
  Li  Li13  1  0.000  0.000  0.250  1.0
  Li  Li14  1  0.333  0.667  0.944  1.0
  Li  Li15  1  0.333  0.667  0.445  1.0
  Li  Li16  1  0.667  0.333  0.558  1.0
  Li  Li17  1  0.667  0.333  0.056  1.0
  Li  Li18  1  0.000  0.000  0.583  1.0
  Li  Li19  1  0.000  0.000  0.082  1.0
  Li  Li20  1  0.000  0.000  0.917  1.0
  Li  Li21  1  0.000  0.000  0.418  1.0
  V  V22  1  0.333  0.667  0.776  1.0
  V  V23  1  0.333  0.667  0.274  1.0
  V  V24  1  0.667  0.333  0.726  1.0
  V  V25  1  0.667  0.333  0.226  1.0
  V  V26  1  0.333  0.667  0.111  1.0
  V  V27  1  0.667  0.333  0.889  1.0
  V  V28  1  0.667  0.333  0.388  1.0
  Sn  Sn29  1  0.000  0.000  1.000  1.0
  Sn  Sn30  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Sn  Sn31  1  0.333  0.667  0.696  1.0
  Sn  Sn32  1  0.333  0.667  0.194  1.0
  Sn  Sn33  1  0.667  0.333  0.806  1.0
  Sn  Sn34  1  0.667  0.333  0.306  1.0
  Sn  Sn35  1  0.333  0.667  0.607  1.0
[/CIF]
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