SrLa2Cl8 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. Sr(1) is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to two equivalent Cl(2) and two equivalent Cl(3) atoms. La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cl(2), two equivalent Cl(3), and four equivalent Cl(1) atoms. There are three inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to two equivalent La(1) atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms.
SrLa2Cl8 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. Sr(1) is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to two equivalent Cl(2) and two equivalent Cl(3) atoms. Both Sr(1)-Cl(2) bond lengths are 3.14 Å. Both Sr(1)-Cl(3) bond lengths are 3.03 Å. La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cl(2), two equivalent Cl(3), and four equivalent Cl(1) atoms. Both La(1)-Cl(2) bond lengths are 2.94 Å. Both La(1)-Cl(3) bond lengths are 2.95 Å. There are two shorter (2.88 Å) and two longer (2.90 Å) La(1)-Cl(1) bond lengths. There are three inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to two equivalent La(1) atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms.