data_VCuPd2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.95
_cell_length_b   3.95
_cell_length_c   3.66
_cell_angle_alpha   90.0
_cell_angle_beta   90.0
_cell_angle_gamma   90.0
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   VCuPd2
_chemical_formula_sum   'V1 Cu1 Pd2'
_cell_volume   57.16
_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
  V  V3  1  0.0  0.0  0.0  1.0
  Cu  Cu0  1  0.98  0.98  0.0  1.0
  Pd  Pd1  1  0.98  0.0  0.83  1.0
  Pd  Pd2  1  0.0  0.98  0.83  1.0

data_VCuPd2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   Cm
_cell_length_a   5.59
_cell_length_b   5.59
_cell_length_c   3.66
_cell_angle_alpha   90.0
_cell_angle_beta   90.0
_cell_angle_gamma   90.0
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   8
_chemical_formula_structural   VCuPd2
_chemical_formula_sum   'V2 Cu2 Pd4'
_cell_volume   114.32
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
  2  'x, -y, z'
  3  'x+1/2, y+1/2, z'
  4  'x+1/2, -y+1/2, 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
  V  V0  2  0.0  0.0  0.0  1.0
  Cu  Cu1  2  0.48  0.5  0.0  1.0
  Pd  Pd2  4  0.49  0.49  0.83  1.0

V Cu Pd Pd
V Cu Pd Pd 0 1 - - o 2 3 + - o 
VCu(Pd)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of two copper;vanadium molecules and two Pd clusters. In each Pd cluster, Pd(1) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Pd(1) atom. The Pd(1)-Pd(1) bond length is 0.13 Å.