Materials Data on CuGe3 by Materials Project
Ge3Cu is Sodium arsenide structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Cu is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to eleven Ge atoms. There are a spread of Cu–Ge bond distances ranging from 2.51–2.95 Å. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Cu and six Ge atoms. There are three shorter (2.85 Å) and three longer (2.95 Å) Ge–Ge bond lengths. In the second Ge site, Ge is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Cu and six equivalent Ge atoms.