Materials Data on LaBPt2 by Materials Project
LaPt2B crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_222 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. La3+ is bonded to eight equivalent Pt and four equivalent B3- atoms to form a mixture of edge, corner, and face-sharing LaB4Pt8 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.15 Å) and four longer (3.16 Å) La–Pt bond lengths. All La–B bond lengths are 3.09 Å. Pt is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to four equivalent La3+ and two equivalent B3- atoms. Both Pt–B bond lengths are 2.14 Å. B3- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La3+ and four equivalent Pt atoms.