Materials Data on SmCl2 by Materials Project
SmCl2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Sm2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.82–2.89 Å. There are two inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Sm2+ atoms. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sm2+ atoms.