Materials Data on SbCl5 by Materials Project
SbCl5 is beta Sn-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of two SbCl5 clusters. Sb5+ is bonded in a trigonal bipyramidal geometry to five Cl1- atoms. There are three shorter (2.33 Å) and two longer (2.38 Å) Sb–Cl bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Sb5+ atom. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Sb5+ atom.