Materials Data on SmClO by Materials Project
SmOCl is Matlockite structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Sm3+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent O2- and five equivalent Cl1- atoms. All Sm–O bond lengths are 2.32 Å. There are one shorter (3.10 Å) and four longer (3.15 Å) Sm–Cl bond lengths. O2- is bonded to four equivalent Sm3+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OSm4 tetrahedra. Cl1- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Sm3+ atoms.