DOE OSTI2020
Co(O3Cl)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of two Co(O3Cl)2 ribbons oriented in the (0, 1, 0) direction. Co is bonded in an octahedral geometry to four equivalent O and two equivalent Cl atoms. All Co–O bond lengths are 1.94 Å. Both Co–Cl bond lengths are 2.24 Å. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a water-like geometry to two equivalent O atoms. Both O–O bond lengths are 1.36 Å. In the second O site, O is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to one Co and one O atom. Cl is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Co atom.