Materials Data on MoP2 by Materials Project
MoP2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmc2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mo6+ is bonded to seven P3- atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing MoP7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are two shorter (2.49 Å) and five longer (2.50 Å) Mo–P bond lengths. There are two inequivalent P3- sites. In the first P3- site, P3- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Mo6+ and one P3- atom. The P–P bond length is 2.17 Å. In the second P3- site, P3- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to three equivalent Mo6+ and one P3- atom.
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