The crystal structure described by Tm7Ru2C11 is Orthorhombic Perovskite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. There are four inequivalent Tm sites. In the first Tm site, Tm(1) is bonded to two equivalent C(1), two equivalent C(2), and two equivalent C(4) atoms to form TmC6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra, corners with two equivalent C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Tm(1)C6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 41-61°. In the second Tm site, Tm(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one C(4), two equivalent C(1), two equivalent C(5), two equivalent C(6), and two equivalent C(7) atoms. In the third Tm site, Tm(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(4), two equivalent C(7), and three equivalent C(5) atoms. In the fourth Tm site, Tm(4) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one C(2), two equivalent C(3), and two equivalent C(7) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ru sites. In the first Ru site, Ru(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one C(6) and two equivalent C(2) atoms. In the second Ru site, Ru(2) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to two equivalent C(3) and two equivalent C(7) atoms. There are seven inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Tm(1), four equivalent Tm(2), and one C(6) atom. In the second C site, C(2) is bonded to two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(4), and two equivalent Ru(1) atoms to form CTm4Ru2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, corners with four equivalent C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra, and edges with two equivalent C(2)Tm4Ru2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-74°. In the third C site, C(3) is bonded to two equivalent Tm(3), two equivalent Tm(4), one Ru(2), and one C(4) atom to form CTm4RuC octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Tm(1)C6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra, corners with two equivalent C(2)Tm4Ru2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent C(5)Tm5C octahedra,  an edgeedge with one C(5)Tm5C octahedra, and edges with two equivalent C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-74°. In the fourth C site, C(4) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Tm(1), one Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(3), and one C(3) atom. In the fifth C site, C(5) is bonded to two equivalent Tm(2), three equivalent Tm(3), and one C(7) atom to form CTm5C octahedra that share corners with two equivalent C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, corners with four equivalent C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra,  an edgeedge with one C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra,  an edgeedge with one C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, and edges with four equivalent C(5)Tm5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 14-69°. In the sixth C site, C(6) is bonded to four equivalent Tm(2), one Ru(1), and one C(1) atom to form distorted CTm4RuC octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Tm(1)C6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent C(2)Tm4Ru2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent C(5)Tm5C octahedra, edges with two equivalent C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, and edges with two equivalent C(5)Tm5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 14-52°. In the seventh C site, C(7) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(3), two equivalent Tm(4), one Ru(2), and one C(5) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Tm7Ru2C11
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.387
_cell_length_b   8.382
_cell_length_c   19.598
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   101.655
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   544.853
_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
  Tm  Tm0  1  0.897  0.795  0.250  1.0
  Tm  Tm1  1  0.103  0.205  0.750  1.0
  Tm  Tm2  1  0.278  0.557  0.655  1.0
  Tm  Tm3  1  0.722  0.443  0.345  1.0
  Tm  Tm4  1  0.722  0.443  0.155  1.0
  Tm  Tm5  1  0.278  0.557  0.845  1.0
  Tm  Tm6  1  0.338  0.676  0.019  1.0
  Tm  Tm7  1  0.662  0.324  0.981  1.0
  Tm  Tm8  1  0.662  0.324  0.519  1.0
  Tm  Tm9  1  0.338  0.676  0.481  1.0
  Tm  Tm10  1  0.523  0.046  0.127  1.0
  Tm  Tm11  1  0.477  0.954  0.873  1.0
  Tm  Tm12  1  0.477  0.954  0.627  1.0
  Tm  Tm13  1  0.523  0.046  0.373  1.0
  Ru  Ru14  1  0.082  0.163  0.250  1.0
  Ru  Ru15  1  0.918  0.837  0.750  1.0
  Ru  Ru16  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Ru  Ru17  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  C  C18  1  0.281  0.561  0.250  1.0
  C  C19  1  0.719  0.439  0.750  1.0
  C  C20  1  0.501  0.003  0.250  1.0
  C  C21  1  0.499  0.997  0.750  1.0
  C  C22  1  0.075  0.149  0.580  1.0
  C  C23  1  0.925  0.851  0.420  1.0
  C  C24  1  0.925  0.851  0.080  1.0
  C  C25  1  0.075  0.149  0.920  1.0
  C  C26  1  0.135  0.269  0.623  1.0
  C  C27  1  0.865  0.731  0.377  1.0
  C  C28  1  0.865  0.731  0.123  1.0
  C  C29  1  0.135  0.269  0.877  1.0
  C  C30  1  0.206  0.412  0.063  1.0
  C  C31  1  0.794  0.588  0.937  1.0
  C  C32  1  0.794  0.588  0.563  1.0
  C  C33  1  0.206  0.412  0.437  1.0
  C  C34  1  0.199  0.399  0.250  1.0
  C  C35  1  0.801  0.601  0.750  1.0
  C  C36  1  0.126  0.253  0.084  1.0
  C  C37  1  0.874  0.747  0.916  1.0
  C  C38  1  0.874  0.747  0.584  1.0
  C  C39  1  0.126  0.253  0.416  1.0
[/CIF]
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The crystal structure described by Tm7Ru2C11 is Orthorhombic Perovskite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. There are four inequivalent Tm sites. In the first Tm site, Tm(1) is bonded to two equivalent C(1), two equivalent C(2), and two equivalent C(4) atoms to form TmC6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra, corners with two equivalent C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Tm(1)C6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 41-61°. In the second Tm site, Tm(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one C(4), two equivalent C(1), two equivalent C(5), two equivalent C(6), and two equivalent C(7) atoms. In the third Tm site, Tm(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(4), two equivalent C(7), and three equivalent C(5) atoms. In the fourth Tm site, Tm(4) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one C(2), two equivalent C(3), and two equivalent C(7) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ru sites. In the first Ru site, Ru(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one C(6) and two equivalent C(2) atoms. In the second Ru site, Ru(2) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to two equivalent C(3) and two equivalent C(7) atoms. There are seven inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Tm(1), four equivalent Tm(2), and one C(6) atom. In the second C site, C(2) is bonded to two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(4), and two equivalent Ru(1) atoms to form CTm4Ru2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, corners with four equivalent C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra, and edges with two equivalent C(2)Tm4Ru2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-74°. In the third C site, C(3) is bonded to two equivalent Tm(3), two equivalent Tm(4), one Ru(2), and one C(4) atom to form CTm4RuC octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Tm(1)C6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra, corners with two equivalent C(2)Tm4Ru2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent C(5)Tm5C octahedra,  an edgeedge with one C(5)Tm5C octahedra, and edges with two equivalent C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-74°. In the fourth C site, C(4) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Tm(1), one Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(3), and one C(3) atom. In the fifth C site, C(5) is bonded to two equivalent Tm(2), three equivalent Tm(3), and one C(7) atom to form CTm5C octahedra that share corners with two equivalent C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, corners with four equivalent C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra,  an edgeedge with one C(3)Tm4RuC octahedra,  an edgeedge with one C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, and edges with four equivalent C(5)Tm5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 14-69°. In the sixth C site, C(6) is bonded to four equivalent Tm(2), one Ru(1), and one C(1) atom to form distorted CTm4RuC octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Tm(1)C6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent C(2)Tm4Ru2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent C(5)Tm5C octahedra, edges with two equivalent C(6)Tm4RuC octahedra, and edges with two equivalent C(5)Tm5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 14-52°. In the seventh C site, C(7) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(3), two equivalent Tm(4), one Ru(2), and one C(5) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Tm7Ru2C11
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.387
_cell_length_b   8.382
_cell_length_c   19.598
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   101.655
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   544.853
_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
  Tm  Tm0  1  0.897  0.795  0.250  1.0
  Tm  Tm1  1  0.103  0.205  0.750  1.0
  Tm  Tm2  1  0.278  0.557  0.655  1.0
  Tm  Tm3  1  0.722  0.443  0.345  1.0
  Tm  Tm4  1  0.722  0.443  0.155  1.0
  Tm  Tm5  1  0.278  0.557  0.845  1.0
  Tm  Tm6  1  0.338  0.676  0.019  1.0
  Tm  Tm7  1  0.662  0.324  0.981  1.0
  Tm  Tm8  1  0.662  0.324  0.519  1.0
  Tm  Tm9  1  0.338  0.676  0.481  1.0
  Tm  Tm10  1  0.523  0.046  0.127  1.0
  Tm  Tm11  1  0.477  0.954  0.873  1.0
  Tm  Tm12  1  0.477  0.954  0.627  1.0
  Tm  Tm13  1  0.523  0.046  0.373  1.0
  Ru  Ru14  1  0.082  0.163  0.250  1.0
  Ru  Ru15  1  0.918  0.837  0.750  1.0
  Ru  Ru16  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Ru  Ru17  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  C  C18  1  0.281  0.561  0.250  1.0
  C  C19  1  0.719  0.439  0.750  1.0
  C  C20  1  0.501  0.003  0.250  1.0
  C  C21  1  0.499  0.997  0.750  1.0
  C  C22  1  0.075  0.149  0.580  1.0
  C  C23  1  0.925  0.851  0.420  1.0
  C  C24  1  0.925  0.851  0.080  1.0
  C  C25  1  0.075  0.149  0.920  1.0
  C  C26  1  0.135  0.269  0.623  1.0
  C  C27  1  0.865  0.731  0.377  1.0
  C  C28  1  0.865  0.731  0.123  1.0
  C  C29  1  0.135  0.269  0.877  1.0
  C  C30  1  0.206  0.412  0.063  1.0
  C  C31  1  0.794  0.588  0.937  1.0
  C  C32  1  0.794  0.588  0.563  1.0
  C  C33  1  0.206  0.412  0.437  1.0
  C  C34  1  0.199  0.399  0.250  1.0
  C  C35  1  0.801  0.601  0.750  1.0
  C  C36  1  0.126  0.253  0.084  1.0
  C  C37  1  0.874  0.747  0.916  1.0
  C  C38  1  0.874  0.747  0.584  1.0
  C  C39  1  0.126  0.253  0.416  1.0
[/CIF]
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