DOI: 10.17188/1675629
title: Materials Data on Cd2Hg13(As2Cl3)4 by Materials Project

description: Hg(Hg6Cd(As2Cl3)2)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional and consists of two mercury molecules and one Hg6Cd(As2Cl3)2 framework. In the Hg6Cd(As2Cl3)2 framework, there are six inequivalent Hg2+ sites. In the first Hg2+ site, Hg2+ is bonded to two As+2.25- and four Cl1- atoms to form distorted HgAs2Cl4 octahedra that share corners with eight HgAs2Cl4 octahedra, corners with two AsHg3As tetrahedra, edges with two CdCl6 octahedra, and edges with four HgAs2Cl4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 18–89°. Both Hg–As bond lengths are 2.56 Å. There are a spread of Hg–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.03–3.41 Å. In the second Hg2+ site, Hg2+ is bonded to two As+2.25- and four Cl1- atoms to form distorted HgAs2Cl4 octahedra that share corners with eight HgAs2Cl4 octahedra, corners with two AsHg3As tetrahedra, edges with two CdCl6 octahedra, and edges with four HgAs2Cl4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 18–89°. There are one shorter (2.56 Å) and one longer (2.57 Å) Hg–As bond lengths. There are a spread of Hg–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.40 Å. In the third Hg2+ site, Hg2+ is bonded to two As+2.25- and four Cl1- atoms to form distorted HgAs2Cl4 octahedra that share corners with eight HgAs2Cl4 octahedra, corners with two AsHg3As tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent CdCl6 octahedra, and edges with four HgAs2Cl4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 18–89°. There are one shorter (2.56 Å) and one longer (2.57 Å) Hg–As bond lengths. There are a spread of Hg–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.41 Å. In the fourth Hg2+ site, Hg2+ is bonded to two As+2.25- and four Cl1- atoms to form distorted HgAs2Cl4 octahedra that share corners with eight HgAs2Cl4 octahedra, corners with two AsHg3As tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent CdCl6 octahedra, and edges with four HgAs2Cl4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 18–89°. Both Hg–As bond lengths are 2.56 Å. There are a spread of Hg–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.41 Å. In the fifth Hg2+ site, Hg2+ is bonded to two As+2.25- and four Cl1- atoms to form distorted HgAs2Cl4 octahedra that share corners with eight HgAs2Cl4 octahedra, corners with two AsHg3As tetrahedra, edges with two CdCl6 octahedra, and edges with four HgAs2Cl4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 18–89°. There are one shorter (2.56 Å) and one longer (2.57 Å) Hg–As bond lengths. There are a spread of Hg–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.03–3.40 Å. In the sixth Hg2+ site, Hg2+ is bonded to two As+2.25- and four Cl1- atoms to form distorted HgAs2Cl4 octahedra that share corners with eight HgAs2Cl4 octahedra, corners with two AsHg3As tetrahedra, edges with two CdCl6 octahedra, and edges with four HgAs2Cl4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 18–89°. There are one shorter (2.56 Å) and one longer (2.57 Å) Hg–As bond lengths. There are a spread of Hg–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.41 Å. There are two inequivalent Cd2+ sites. In the first Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded to six Cl1- atoms to form CdCl6 octahedra that share edges with twelve HgAs2Cl4 octahedra. All Cd–Cl bond lengths are 2.70 Å. In the second Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded to six Cl1- atoms to form CdCl6 octahedra that share edges with twelve HgAs2Cl4 octahedra. There are two shorter (2.69 Å) and four longer (2.70 Å) Cd–Cl bond lengths. There are four inequivalent As+2.25- sites. In the first As+2.25- site, As+2.25- is bonded to three Hg2+ and one As+2.25- atom to form AsHg3As tetrahedra that share corners with three HgAs2Cl4 octahedra and corners with three AsHg3As tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 70°. The As–As bond length is 2.50 Å. In the second As+2.25- site, As+2.25- is bonded to three Hg2+ and one As+2.25- atom to form AsHg3As tetrahedra that share corners with three HgAs2Cl4 octahedra and corners with three AsHg3As tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 74°. The As–As bond length is 2.51 Å. In the third As+2.25- site, As+2.25- is bonded to three Hg2+ and one As+2.25- atom to form AsHg3As tetrahedra that share corners with three HgAs2Cl4 octahedra and corners with three AsHg3As tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 74°. In the fourth As+2.25- site, As+2.25- is bonded to three Hg2+ and one As+2.25- atom to form AsHg3As tetrahedra that share corners with three HgAs2Cl4 octahedra and corners with three AsHg3As tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 70°. There are six inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Hg2+ and one Cd2+ atom. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Hg2+ and one Cd2+ atom. In the third Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Hg2+ and one Cd2+ atom. In the fourth Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Hg2+ and one Cd2+ atom. In the fifth Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Hg2+ and one Cd2+ atom. In the sixth Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Hg2+ and one Cd2+ atom.