data_YGe2Cl
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.39
_cell_length_b   6.39
_cell_length_c   6.39
_cell_angle_alpha   147.45
_cell_angle_beta   142.22
_cell_angle_gamma   50.71
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   YGe2Cl
_chemical_formula_sum   'Y1 Ge2 Cl1'
_cell_volume   85.71
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Y  Y3  1  0.0  0.0  0.78  1.0
  Ge  Ge1  1  0.0  0.07  0.63  1.0
  Ge  Ge2  1  0.79  0.0  0.15  1.0
  Cl  Cl0  1  0.0  0.0  0.0  1.0

data_YGe2Cl
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   P1
_cell_length_a   3.58
_cell_length_b   4.14
_cell_length_c   6.39
_cell_angle_alpha   108.89
_cell_angle_beta   106.28
_cell_angle_gamma   90.0
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   YGe2Cl
_chemical_formula_sum   'Y1 Ge2 Cl1'
_cell_volume   85.71
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Y  Y0  1  0.0  0.78  0.78  1.0
  Ge  Ge1  1  0.0  0.15  0.36  1.0
  Ge  Ge2  1  0.93  0.56  0.56  1.0
  Cl  Cl3  1  0.0  0.0  0.0  1.0

Y Ge Ge Cl
Y Ge Ge Cl 0 1 o o o 0 3 o o + 1 2 - o o 2 3 + o o 
YGe2Cl is alpha Niobium phosphide-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of one YGe2Cl cluster. Y(1) is bonded in a linear geometry to one Ge(1) and one Cl(1) atom. The Y(1)-Ge(1) bond length is 1.35 Å. The Y(1)-Cl(1) bond length is 1.42 Å. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Y(1) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Cl(1) atom. The Ge(2)-Cl(1) bond length is 2.16 Å. Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Y(1) and one Ge(2) atom.