Materials Data on PW4Cl11 by Materials Project
W4PCl11 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of two W4PCl11 sheets oriented in the (1, 0, 0) direction. there are two inequivalent W+3.50+ sites. In the first W+3.50+ site, W+3.50+ is bonded to one P3- and five Cl1- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing WPCl5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 72°. The W–P bond length is 2.38 Å. There are a spread of W–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.61 Å. In the second W+3.50+ site, W+3.50+ is bonded to one P3- and five Cl1- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing WPCl5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 72°. The W–P bond length is 2.38 Å. There are a spread of W–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.61 Å. P3- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to four W+3.50+ and one Cl1- atom. The P–Cl bond length is 2.04 Å. There are seven inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two W+3.50+ atoms. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P3- atom. In the third Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two W+3.50+ atoms. In the fourth Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent W+3.50+ atoms. In the fifth Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a water-like geometry to two equivalent W+3.50+ atoms. In the sixth Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent W+3.50+ atoms. In the seventh Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a water-like geometry to two equivalent W+3.50+ atoms.