Materials Data on LuBPt2 by Materials Project
LuPt2B crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_222 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Lu3+ is bonded to eight equivalent Pt and four equivalent B3- atoms to form a mixture of distorted face, edge, and corner-sharing LuB4Pt8 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (2.99 Å) and four longer (3.09 Å) Lu–Pt bond lengths. All Lu–B bond lengths are 2.96 Å. Pt is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to four equivalent Lu3+ and two equivalent B3- atoms. Both Pt–B bond lengths are 2.08 Å. B3- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Lu3+ and four equivalent Pt atoms.
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