Materials Data on OsCl4 by Materials Project
OsCl4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmmm space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of two OsCl4 ribbons oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Os4+ is bonded to six Cl1- atoms to form edge-sharing OsCl6 octahedra. There are two shorter (2.27 Å) and four longer (2.40 Å) Os–Cl bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Os4+ atom. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a water-like geometry to two equivalent Os4+ atoms.
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