Materials Data on MgPb2 by Materials Project
MgPb2 crystallizes in the hexagonal P-6m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to six Pb atoms. There are three shorter (3.22 Å) and three longer (3.26 Å) Mg–Pb bond lengths. There are three inequivalent Pb sites. In the first Pb site, Pb is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Mg and three equivalent Pb atoms. All Pb–Pb bond lengths are 3.60 Å. In the second Pb site, Pb is bonded to twelve Pb atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing PbPb12 cuboctahedra. All Pb–Pb bond lengths are 3.52 Å. In the third Pb site, Pb is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Mg atoms.