Materials Data on Hg5(ClO)4 by Materials Project
Hg5(OCl)4 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one Hg5(OCl)4 sheet oriented in the (1, 0, 1) direction. there are three inequivalent Hg sites. In the first Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two O and three Cl atoms. There are one shorter (2.12 Å) and one longer (2.17 Å) Hg–O bond lengths. There are a spread of Hg–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.80–3.02 Å. In the second Hg site, Hg is bonded in a linear geometry to two O and one Cl atom. There are one shorter (2.04 Å) and one longer (2.08 Å) Hg–O bond lengths. The Hg–Cl bond length is 3.07 Å. In the third Hg site, Hg is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent O atoms. Both Hg–O bond lengths are 2.07 Å. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three Hg atoms. In the second O site, O is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two Hg atoms. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to three Hg atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to one Hg and one Cl atom. The Cl–Cl bond length is 2.63 Å.