Materials Data on BaCd(ClO)4 by Materials Project
BaCd(OCl)4 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two O and six Cl atoms. There are one shorter (3.36 Å) and one longer (3.40 Å) Ba–O bond lengths. There are a spread of Ba–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.05–3.78 Å. Cd is bonded to six Cl atoms to form edge-sharing CdCl6 octahedra. There are a spread of Cd–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.65–2.73 Å. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Ba and one O atom. The O–O bond length is 1.23 Å. In the second O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O atom. In the third O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Ba and one O atom. The O–O bond length is 1.23 Å. In the fourth O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O atom. There are four inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Ba and two equivalent Cd atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Ba and two equivalent Cd atoms. In the third Cl site, Cl is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to two equivalent Ba and one Cd atom. In the fourth Cl site, Cl is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two equivalent Ba and one Cd atom.