Materials Data on Rb2P2Pd by Materials Project

Abstract

Rb2PdP2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Rb1+ sites. In the first Rb1+ site, Rb1+ is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to six equivalent P3- atoms. There are two shorter (3.46 Å) and four longer (3.63 Å) Rb–P bond lengths. In the second Rb1+ site, Rb1+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent P3- atoms. There are two shorter (3.50 Å) and four longer (3.82 Å) Rb–P bond lengths. Pd4+ is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four equivalent P3- atoms. All Pd–P bond lengths are 2.43 Å. P3- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to six Rb1+, two equivalent Pd4+, and one P3- atom. The P–P bond length is 2.18 Å.