The compound described by MgLa2NiZnO6 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. Mg(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form distorted MgO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Zn(1)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Zn(1)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 11-65°. There are two inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and two equivalent O(2) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom. Ni(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mg(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O4 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O5 trigonal bipyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Zn(1)O4 trigonal pyramid. Zn(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), and one O(4) atom to form distorted ZnO4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O5 trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 30-65°. There are six inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), one Ni(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OLa2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(3)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(4)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(3)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent O(4)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramid. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one La(2), two equivalent La(1), one Ni(1), and one Zn(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), one Ni(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OLa2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, corners with three equivalent O(4)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(4)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent O(1)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramid. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), one Ni(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OLa2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, corners with three equivalent O(3)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(3)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent O(1)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramid. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLa2MgNi trigonal pyramids. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), and one Ni(1) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_La2MgZnNiO6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.957
_cell_length_b   5.909
_cell_length_c   5.816
_cell_angle_alpha   56.148
_cell_angle_beta   58.677
_cell_angle_gamma   73.770
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   145.208
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  La  La0  1  0.823  0.682  0.730  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.170  0.390  0.229  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.454  0.827  0.319  1.0
  Zn  Zn3  1  0.538  0.221  0.656  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.993  0.040  0.976  1.0
  O  O5  1  0.393  0.821  0.011  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.841  0.172  0.310  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.211  0.401  0.635  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.608  0.230  0.958  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.794  0.684  0.325  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.152  0.914  0.638  1.0
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The compound described by MgLa2NiZnO6 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. Mg(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form distorted MgO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Zn(1)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Zn(1)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 11-65°. There are two inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and two equivalent O(2) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom. Ni(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mg(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O4 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O5 trigonal bipyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Zn(1)O4 trigonal pyramid. Zn(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), and one O(4) atom to form distorted ZnO4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O5 trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 30-65°. There are six inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), one Ni(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OLa2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(3)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(4)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(3)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent O(4)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramid. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one La(2), two equivalent La(1), one Ni(1), and one Zn(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), one Ni(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OLa2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, corners with three equivalent O(4)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(4)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent O(1)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramid. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), one Ni(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OLa2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, corners with three equivalent O(3)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(3)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent O(1)La2MgZnNi trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2MgNi trigonal pyramid. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLa2MgNi trigonal pyramids. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Mg(1), one La(1), one La(2), and one Ni(1) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_La2MgZnNiO6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.957
_cell_length_b   5.909
_cell_length_c   5.816
_cell_angle_alpha   56.148
_cell_angle_beta   58.677
_cell_angle_gamma   73.770
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   145.208
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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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  0.823  0.682  0.730  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.170  0.390  0.229  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.454  0.827  0.319  1.0
  Zn  Zn3  1  0.538  0.221  0.656  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.993  0.040  0.976  1.0
  O  O5  1  0.393  0.821  0.011  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.841  0.172  0.310  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.211  0.401  0.635  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.608  0.230  0.958  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.794  0.684  0.325  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.152  0.914  0.638  1.0
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