Materials Data on MoCl4 by Materials Project
MoCl4 crystallizes in the trigonal P-31m space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of one MoCl4 cluster. Mo4+ is bonded to six Cl1- atoms to form edge-sharing MoCl6 octahedra. There are a spread of Mo–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.27–2.51 Å. There are three inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a water-like geometry to two equivalent Mo4+ atoms. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Mo4+ atom. In the third Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a water-like geometry to two equivalent Mo4+ atoms.