The compound described by GdP5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Gd(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent P(1), two equivalent P(3), and four equivalent P(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent P sites. In the first P site, P(1) is bonded to one Gd(1), one P(1), one P(2), and one P(3) atom to form distorted PGdP3 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent P(3)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(2)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one P(1)GdP3 tetrahedra. In the second P site, P(2) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(1), one P(1), and one P(2) atom to form PGd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent P(2)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with five equivalent P(3)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(1)GdP3 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one P(2)Gd2P2 tetrahedra. In the third P site, P(3) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(1) and two equivalent P(1) atoms to form distorted PGd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent P(3)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(1)GdP3 tetrahedra, and corners with ten equivalent P(2)Gd2P2 tetrahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_GdP5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.984
_cell_length_b   5.388
_cell_length_c   9.456
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   102.349
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   248.090
_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
  Gd  Gd0  1  0.006  0.350  0.250  1.0
  Gd  Gd1  1  0.994  0.650  0.750  1.0
  P  P2  1  0.615  0.954  0.409  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.291  0.402  0.530  1.0
  P  P4  1  0.714  0.101  0.750  1.0
  P  P5  1  0.615  0.954  0.091  1.0
  P  P6  1  0.709  0.598  0.470  1.0
  P  P7  1  0.286  0.899  0.250  1.0
  P  P8  1  0.385  0.046  0.591  1.0
  P  P9  1  0.291  0.402  0.970  1.0
  P  P10  1  0.385  0.046  0.909  1.0
  P  P11  1  0.709  0.598  0.030  1.0
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The compound described by GdP5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Gd(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent P(1), two equivalent P(3), and four equivalent P(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent P sites. In the first P site, P(1) is bonded to one Gd(1), one P(1), one P(2), and one P(3) atom to form distorted PGdP3 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent P(3)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(2)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one P(1)GdP3 tetrahedra. In the second P site, P(2) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(1), one P(1), and one P(2) atom to form PGd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent P(2)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with five equivalent P(3)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(1)GdP3 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one P(2)Gd2P2 tetrahedra. In the third P site, P(3) is bonded to two equivalent Gd(1) and two equivalent P(1) atoms to form distorted PGd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent P(3)Gd2P2 tetrahedra, corners with six equivalent P(1)GdP3 tetrahedra, and corners with ten equivalent P(2)Gd2P2 tetrahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_GdP5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.984
_cell_length_b   5.388
_cell_length_c   9.456
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   102.349
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   248.090
_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
  Gd  Gd0  1  0.006  0.350  0.250  1.0
  Gd  Gd1  1  0.994  0.650  0.750  1.0
  P  P2  1  0.615  0.954  0.409  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.291  0.402  0.530  1.0
  P  P4  1  0.714  0.101  0.750  1.0
  P  P5  1  0.615  0.954  0.091  1.0
  P  P6  1  0.709  0.598  0.470  1.0
  P  P7  1  0.286  0.899  0.250  1.0
  P  P8  1  0.385  0.046  0.591  1.0
  P  P9  1  0.291  0.402  0.970  1.0
  P  P10  1  0.385  0.046  0.909  1.0
  P  P11  1  0.709  0.598  0.030  1.0
[/CIF]
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