Zr5Re24 crystallizes in the cubic I-43m space group. There are two inequivalent Zr sites. In the first Zr site, Zr(1) is bonded in a 16-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Zr(2) and twelve equivalent Re(2) atoms. In the second Zr site, Zr(2) is bonded in a 16-coordinate geometry to one Zr(1), six equivalent Re(1), and nine equivalent Re(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Re sites. In the first Re site, Re(1) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Zr(2), five equivalent Re(2), and six equivalent Re(1) atoms. In the second Re site, Re(2) is bonded to one Zr(1), three equivalent Zr(2), three equivalent Re(2), and five equivalent Re(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face, corner, and edge-sharing ReZr4Re8 cuboctahedra.
Zr5Re24 crystallizes in the cubic I-43m space group. There are two inequivalent Zr sites. In the first Zr site, Zr(1) is bonded in a 16-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Zr(2) and twelve equivalent Re(2) atoms. All Zr(1)-Zr(2) bond lengths are 3.15 Å. All Zr(1)-Re(2) bond lengths are 3.06 Å. In the second Zr site, Zr(2) is bonded in a 16-coordinate geometry to one Zr(1), six equivalent Re(1), and nine equivalent Re(2) atoms. There are three shorter (2.78 Å) and three longer (3.23 Å) Zr(2)-Re(1) bond lengths. There are six shorter (3.02 Å) and three longer (3.08 Å) Zr(2)-Re(2) bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Re sites. In the first Re site, Re(1) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Zr(2), five equivalent Re(2), and six equivalent Re(1) atoms. There are a spread of Re(1)-Re(2) bond distances ranging from 2.54-2.89 Å. There are two shorter (2.83 Å) and four longer (2.93 Å) Re(1)-Re(1) bond lengths. In the second Re site, Re(2) is bonded to one Zr(1), three equivalent Zr(2), three equivalent Re(2), and five equivalent Re(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face, corner, and edge-sharing ReZr4Re8 cuboctahedra. There is one shorter (2.52 Å) and two longer (2.68 Å) Re(2)-Re(2) bond lengths.