Materials Data on SnCCl3 by Materials Project
SnCCl3 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of two SnCCl3 ribbons oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Sn is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent C and three Cl atoms. There are one shorter (2.13 Å) and one longer (2.18 Å) Sn–C bond lengths. There are one shorter (2.34 Å) and two longer (2.59 Å) Sn–Cl bond lengths. C is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sn and two equivalent Cl atoms. Both C–Cl bond lengths are 2.39 Å. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to one Sn and one C atom. In the second Cl site, Cl is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Sn atom.
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