Materials Data on PAuCl8 by Materials Project
AuCl4PCl4 is alpha iridium vanadium structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imma space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of eight [pcl4]+1 molecules and eight AuCl4 clusters. In each AuCl4 cluster, Au3+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four Cl1- atoms. There are three shorter (2.32 Å) and one longer (2.33 Å) Au–Cl bond lengths. There are three inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Au3+ atom. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Au3+ atom. In the third Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Au3+ atom.
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