Materials Data on Ba(ClO)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Ba(OCl)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four O and five Cl atoms. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.73–2.79 Å. There are a spread of Ba–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.22–3.48 Å. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two equivalent Ba and two equivalent Cl atoms. There are one shorter (2.41 Å) and one longer (2.45 Å) O–Cl bond lengths. In the second O site, O is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Ba and two Cl atoms. There are one shorter (2.41 Å) and one longer (2.48 Å) O–Cl bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ba and one O atom. In the second Cl site, Cl is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Ba and three O atoms.