Materials Data on Mo2O5 by Materials Project
Mo2O5 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmn space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one Mo2O5 sheet oriented in the (0, 1, 0) direction. Mo5+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of Mo–O bond distances ranging from 1.72–2.10 Å. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Mo5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Mo5+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Mo5+ atoms.