Materials Data on BaPdCl4 by Materials Project
BaPdCl4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbcn space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba2+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.23–3.26 Å. Pd2+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four Cl1- atoms. All Pd–Cl bond lengths are 2.33 Å. There are two inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Ba2+ and one Pd2+ atom. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two equivalent Ba2+ and one Pd2+ atom.
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