Materials Data on MgHg3 by Materials Project
MgHg3 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg is bonded to twelve Hg atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing MgHg12 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.13 Å) and eight longer (3.31 Å) Mg–Hg bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Hg sites. In the first Hg site, Hg is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent Mg and eight equivalent Hg atoms. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.31 Å. In the second Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Mg and eight Hg atoms. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.13 Å.