Materials Data on Au3Cl by Materials Project
Au3Cl crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Au+0.33+ sites. In the first Au+0.33+ site, Au+0.33+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Cl1- atoms. All Au–Cl bond lengths are 2.99 Å. In the second Au+0.33+ site, Au+0.33+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent Cl1- atoms. All Au–Cl bond lengths are 3.01 Å. Cl1- is bonded to twelve Au+0.33+ atoms to form a mixture of face, edge, and corner-sharing ClAu12 cuboctahedra.
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