Materials Data on AuCN3Cl4 by Materials Project
AuCl4CN3 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of four guanidine molecules and four AuCl4 clusters. In each AuCl4 cluster, Au1+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four Cl1- atoms. All Au–Cl bond lengths are 2.30 Å. There are two inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Au1+ atom. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Au1+ atom.
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