Sm3B(SO)3 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are three inequivalent Sm sites. In the first Sm site, Sm(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one S(2), two equivalent S(1), three equivalent S(3), and one O(3) atom. In the second Sm site, Sm(2) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent S(2), one O(2), one O(3), and two equivalent O(1) atoms. In the third Sm site, Sm(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one S(2), two equivalent S(3), three equivalent S(1), one O(3), and two equivalent O(2) atoms. B(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one O(1), one O(2), and one O(3) atom. There are three inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sm(1) and three equivalent Sm(3) atoms. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to one Sm(1), one Sm(3), and three equivalent Sm(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SSm5 trigonal bipyramids. In the third S site, S(3) is bonded to two equivalent Sm(3) and three equivalent Sm(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SSm5 trigonal bipyramids. There are three inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sm(2) and one B(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Sm(2), two equivalent Sm(3), and one B(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Sm(1), one Sm(2), one Sm(3), and one B(1) atom.
Sm3B(SO)3 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are three inequivalent Sm sites. In the first Sm site, Sm(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one S(2), two equivalent S(1), three equivalent S(3), and one O(3) atom. The Sm(1)-S(2) bond length is 2.88 Å. Both Sm(1)-S(1) bond lengths are 2.82 Å. There are a spread of Sm(1)-S(3) bond distances ranging from 2.83-2.89 Å. The Sm(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.44 Å. In the second Sm site, Sm(2) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent S(2), one O(2), one O(3), and two equivalent O(1) atoms. There are a spread of Sm(2)-S(2) bond distances ranging from 2.80-2.94 Å. The Sm(2)-O(2) bond length is 2.41 Å. The Sm(2)-O(3) bond length is 2.56 Å. There is one shorter (2.32 Å) and one longer (2.38 Å) Sm(2)-O(1) bond length. In the third Sm site, Sm(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one S(2), two equivalent S(3), three equivalent S(1), one O(3), and two equivalent O(2) atoms. The Sm(3)-S(2) bond length is 3.15 Å. There is one shorter (2.89 Å) and one longer (2.99 Å) Sm(3)-S(3) bond length. There are a spread of Sm(3)-S(1) bond distances ranging from 2.89-3.15 Å. The Sm(3)-O(3) bond length is 2.54 Å. There is one shorter (2.49 Å) and one longer (2.61 Å) Sm(3)-O(2) bond length. B(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one O(1), one O(2), and one O(3) atom. The B(1)-O(1) bond length is 1.38 Å. The B(1)-O(2) bond length is 1.39 Å. The B(1)-O(3) bond length is 1.39 Å. There are three inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sm(1) and three equivalent Sm(3) atoms. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to one Sm(1), one Sm(3), and three equivalent Sm(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SSm5 trigonal bipyramids. In the third S site, S(3) is bonded to two equivalent Sm(3) and three equivalent Sm(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SSm5 trigonal bipyramids. There are three inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sm(2) and one B(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Sm(2), two equivalent Sm(3), and one B(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Sm(1), one Sm(2), one Sm(3), and one B(1) atom.