Materials Data on Ga2PdI8 by Materials Project
PdGa2I8 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of two PdGa2I8 clusters. Pd2+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent I1- atoms. All Pd–I bond lengths are 2.65 Å. Ga3+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four I1- atoms. There are a spread of Ga–I bond distances ranging from 2.52–2.68 Å. There are three inequivalent I1- sites. In the first I1- site, I1- is bonded in an L-shaped geometry to one Pd2+ and one Ga3+ atom. In the second I1- site, I1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Ga3+ atom. In the third I1- site, I1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Ga3+ atom.
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