Materials Data on Cd2P3Cl by Materials Project

Abstract

Cd2P3Cl crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Cd2+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three P1- and two equivalent Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of Cd–P bond distances ranging from 2.57–2.67 Å. There are one shorter (2.72 Å) and one longer (3.43 Å) Cd–Cl bond lengths. There are two inequivalent P1- sites. In the first P1- site, P1- is bonded to two equivalent Cd2+ and two P1- atoms to form distorted corner-sharing PCd2P2 trigonal pyramids. There are one shorter (2.20 Å) and one longer (2.21 Å) P–P bond lengths. In the second P1- site, P1- is bonded to two equivalent Cd2+ and two equivalent P1- atoms to form distorted corner-sharing PCd2P2 tetrahedra. Cl1- is bonded in a distorted L-shaped geometry to four equivalent Cd2+ atoms.