The compound described by Li3Mn4SnO8 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(2), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. In the second Li site, Li(2) 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 distorted LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-9°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-13°. There are seven inequivalent Mn sites. In the first Mn site, Mn(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(6)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-13°. In the second Mn site, Mn(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-7°. In the third Mn site, Mn(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-13°. In the fourth Mn site, Mn(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-5°. In the fifth Mn site, Mn(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-9°. In the sixth Mn site, Mn(6) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-13°. In the seventh Mn site, Mn(7) is bonded to two equivalent O(4), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-4°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Mn(3), one Mn(5), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi3Mn2Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Mn(2), one Mn(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Mn2Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(5), and one Mn(6) atom to form distorted OLi2Mn4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Mn(1), one Mn(2), one Mn(4), and one Mn(7) atom to form OLi2Mn4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Mn(1), one Mn(5), one Mn(6), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Mn3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Mn(1), one Mn(4), one Mn(7), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Mn3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(6), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Mn3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Mn(1), one Mn(2), one Mn(7), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Mn3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Li3Mn4SnO8
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_cell_length_c   6.219
_cell_angle_alpha   74.224
_cell_angle_beta   60.607
_cell_angle_gamma   74.382
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   342.651
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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  Li  Li1  1  0.259  0.750  0.252  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.764  0.236  0.260  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.236  0.763  0.740  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.246  0.254  0.741  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.754  0.746  0.259  1.0
  Mn  Mn6  1  0.245  0.249  0.249  1.0
  Mn  Mn7  1  0.756  0.751  0.751  1.0
  Mn  Mn8  1  0.000  1.000  0.500  1.0
  Mn  Mn9  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Mn  Mn10  1  0.500  0.000  1.000  1.0
  Mn  Mn11  1  1.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mn  Mn12  1  0.499  0.500  0.501  1.0
  Mn  Mn13  1  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.0
  Sn  Sn14  1  0.500  1.000  0.500  1.0
  Sn  Sn15  1  1.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.887  0.390  0.846  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.374  0.882  0.379  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.626  0.118  0.620  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.112  0.610  0.155  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.329  0.388  0.385  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.879  0.885  0.870  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.121  0.115  0.130  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.670  0.612  0.616  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.872  0.374  0.349  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.381  0.876  0.857  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.353  0.378  0.881  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.858  0.880  0.375  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.143  0.120  0.625  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.646  0.622  0.119  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.620  0.124  0.143  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.128  0.626  0.651  1.0
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The compound described by Li3Mn4SnO8 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(2), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. In the second Li site, Li(2) 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 distorted LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-9°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-13°. There are seven inequivalent Mn sites. In the first Mn site, Mn(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(6)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mn(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-13°. In the second Mn site, Mn(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-7°. In the third Mn site, Mn(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-13°. In the fourth Mn site, Mn(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-5°. In the fifth Mn site, Mn(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-9°. In the sixth Mn site, Mn(6) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-13°. In the seventh Mn site, Mn(7) is bonded to two equivalent O(4), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-4°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mn(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Mn(3), one Mn(5), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi3Mn2Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Mn(2), one Mn(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Mn2Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(5), and one Mn(6) atom to form distorted OLi2Mn4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Mn(1), one Mn(2), one Mn(4), and one Mn(7) atom to form OLi2Mn4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Mn(1), one Mn(5), one Mn(6), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Mn3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Mn(1), one Mn(4), one Mn(7), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Mn3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(6), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Mn3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Mn(1), one Mn(2), one Mn(7), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Mn3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(7)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Mn4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Mn3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Mn4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Mn2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Li3Mn4SnO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.252
_cell_length_b   10.651
_cell_length_c   6.219
_cell_angle_alpha   74.224
_cell_angle_beta   60.607
_cell_angle_gamma   74.382
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   342.651
_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
  Li  Li0  1  0.741  0.250  0.748  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.259  0.750  0.252  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.764  0.236  0.260  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.236  0.763  0.740  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.246  0.254  0.741  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.754  0.746  0.259  1.0
  Mn  Mn6  1  0.245  0.249  0.249  1.0
  Mn  Mn7  1  0.756  0.751  0.751  1.0
  Mn  Mn8  1  0.000  1.000  0.500  1.0
  Mn  Mn9  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Mn  Mn10  1  0.500  0.000  1.000  1.0
  Mn  Mn11  1  1.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mn  Mn12  1  0.499  0.500  0.501  1.0
  Mn  Mn13  1  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.0
  Sn  Sn14  1  0.500  1.000  0.500  1.0
  Sn  Sn15  1  1.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.887  0.390  0.846  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.374  0.882  0.379  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.626  0.118  0.620  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.112  0.610  0.155  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.329  0.388  0.385  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.879  0.885  0.870  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.121  0.115  0.130  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.670  0.612  0.616  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.872  0.374  0.349  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.381  0.876  0.857  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.353  0.378  0.881  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.858  0.880  0.375  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.143  0.120  0.625  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.646  0.622  0.119  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.620  0.124  0.143  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.128  0.626  0.651  1.0
[/CIF]
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