Materials Data on BaC2 by Materials Project
BaC2 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba2+ is bonded in a distorted q4 geometry to ten equivalent C1- atoms. There are two shorter (3.00 Å) and eight longer (3.18 Å) Ba–C bond lengths. C1- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Ba2+ and one C1- atom. The C–C bond length is 1.26 Å.