Al45V7 is Bergman Structure: Mg32(Al,Zn)49 Bergman-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are three inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one Al(10), one Al(12), one Al(3), one Al(8), two equivalent Al(4), two equivalent Al(6), two equivalent Al(7), and two equivalent Al(9) atoms to form VAl12 cuboctahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(3)Al12 cuboctahedra,  a cornercorner with one Al(16)Al8V4 cuboctahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one V(2); one Al(11); one Al(13); one Al(15); one Al(16); one Al(3); one Al(4); one Al(5); one Al(8); one Al(9); and two Al(2,2) atoms to form distorted VAl11V cuboctahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra,  a cornercorner with one V(3)Al12 cuboctahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra,  an edgeedge with one Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Al(16)Al8V4 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra. In the third V site, V(3) is bonded to two equivalent Al(10), two equivalent Al(14), four equivalent Al(1), and four equivalent Al(5) atoms to form VAl12 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra. There are eighteen inequivalent Al sites. In the first Al site, Al(1) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one V(3), one Al(10), one Al(11), one Al(13), one Al(14), one Al(6), one Al(7), two equivalent Al(1), and two equivalent Al(5) atoms. In the second Al site, Al(2) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2), one Al(11), one Al(14), one Al(16), one Al(5), one Al(6), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(15), and two equivalent Al(2) atoms. In the third Al site, Al(3) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to one V(1), two equivalent V(2), one Al(13), one Al(8), four equivalent Al(4), and four equivalent Al(9) atoms. In the fourth Al site, Al(4) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one V(2), one Al(10), one Al(13), one Al(15), one Al(4), one Al(5), one Al(7), two equivalent Al(3), and two equivalent Al(9) atoms. In the fifth Al site, Al(5) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one V(2), one V(3), one Al(10), one Al(11), one Al(13), one Al(14), one Al(15), one Al(2), one Al(4), one Al(5), and two equivalent Al(1) atoms. In the sixth Al site, Al(6) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one Al(1), one Al(14), one Al(2), one Al(6), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(12), and two equivalent Al(7) atoms. In the seventh Al site, Al(7) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one Al(1), one Al(10), one Al(13), one Al(4), one Al(7), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(12), and two equivalent Al(6) atoms. In the eighth Al site, Al(6) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one Al(1), one Al(14), one Al(2), one Al(6), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(12), and two equivalent Al(7) atoms. In the ninth Al site, Al(8) is bonded to one V(1), two equivalent V(2), one Al(11), one Al(16), one Al(3), two equivalent Al(2), two equivalent Al(6), and two equivalent Al(9) atoms to form distorted AlAl9V3 cuboctahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra,  a cornercorner with one Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Al(16)Al8V4 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra. In the tenth Al site, Al(9) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one V(2), one Al(15), one Al(2), one Al(6), one Al(7), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(3), and two equivalent Al(4) atoms. In the eleventh Al site, Al(10) is bonded to one V(1), one V(3), one Al(12), one Al(14), two equivalent Al(1), two equivalent Al(4), two equivalent Al(5), and two equivalent Al(7) atoms to form distorted AlAl10V2 cuboctahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra,  a cornercorner with one Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra, and  a faceface with one V(3)Al12 cuboctahedra. In the twelfth Al site, Al(11) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2), one Al(13), one Al(16), one Al(8), two equivalent Al(1), two equivalent Al(2), and two equivalent Al(5) atoms. In the thirteenth Al site, Al(12) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one V(1); one Al(10); one Al(14); four Al(6,6); and four equivalent Al(7) atoms. In the fourteenth Al site, Al(13) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2), one Al(11), one Al(3), two equivalent Al(1), two equivalent Al(4), two equivalent Al(5), and two equivalent Al(7) atoms. In the fifteenth Al site, Al(14) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one V(3), one Al(10), one Al(12), two equivalent Al(1), two equivalent Al(2), two equivalent Al(5), and two equivalent Al(6) atoms. In the sixteenth Al site, Al(15) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2); two equivalent Al(4); two equivalent Al(5); two equivalent Al(9); and four Al(2,2) atoms. In the seventeenth Al site, Al(16) is bonded to four equivalent V(2), two equivalent Al(11), two equivalent Al(8), and four equivalent Al(2) atoms to form AlAl8V4 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra. In the eighteenth Al site, Al(2) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2), one Al(11), one Al(14), one Al(16), one Al(5), one Al(6), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(15), and two equivalent Al(2) atoms.
Al45V7 is Bergman Structure: Mg32(Al,Zn)49 Bergman-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are three inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one Al(10), one Al(12), one Al(3), one Al(8), two equivalent Al(4), two equivalent Al(6), two equivalent Al(7), and two equivalent Al(9) atoms to form VAl12 cuboctahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(3)Al12 cuboctahedra,  a cornercorner with one Al(16)Al8V4 cuboctahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra. The V(1)-Al(10) bond length is 2.51 Å. The V(1)-Al(12) bond length is 2.61 Å. The V(1)-Al(3) bond length is 2.83 Å. The V(1)-Al(8) bond length is 2.52 Å. Both V(1)-Al(4) bond lengths are 2.58 Å. Both V(1)-Al(6) bond lengths are 2.70 Å. Both V(1)-Al(7) bond lengths are 2.69 Å. Both V(1)-Al(9) bond lengths are 2.89 Å. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one V(2); one Al(11); one Al(13); one Al(15); one Al(16); one Al(3); one Al(4); one Al(5); one Al(8); one Al(9); and two Al(2,2) atoms to form distorted VAl11V cuboctahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra,  a cornercorner with one V(3)Al12 cuboctahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra,  an edgeedge with one Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Al(16)Al8V4 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra. The V(2)-V(2) bond length is 2.55 Å. The V(2)-Al(11) bond length is 2.79 Å. The V(2)-Al(13) bond length is 2.69 Å. The V(2)-Al(15) bond length is 2.51 Å. The V(2)-Al(16) bond length is 2.55 Å. The V(2)-Al(3) bond length is 2.73 Å. The V(2)-Al(4) bond length is 2.54 Å. The V(2)-Al(5) bond length is 2.52 Å. The V(2)-Al(8) bond length is 2.64 Å. The V(2)-Al(9) bond length is 2.83 Å. There is one shorter (2.81 Å) and one longer (2.82 Å) V(2)-Al(2,2) bond length. In the third V site, V(3) is bonded to two equivalent Al(10), two equivalent Al(14), four equivalent Al(1), and four equivalent Al(5) atoms to form VAl12 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra. Both V(3)-Al(10) bond lengths are 2.60 Å. Both V(3)-Al(14) bond lengths are 2.84 Å. All V(3)-Al(1) bond lengths are 2.79 Å. All V(3)-Al(5) bond lengths are 2.58 Å. There are eighteen inequivalent Al sites. In the first Al site, Al(1) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one V(3), one Al(10), one Al(11), one Al(13), one Al(14), one Al(6), one Al(7), two equivalent Al(1), and two equivalent Al(5) atoms. The Al(1)-Al(10) bond length is 2.85 Å. The Al(1)-Al(11) bond length is 2.83 Å. The Al(1)-Al(13) bond length is 2.86 Å. The Al(1)-Al(14) bond length is 2.95 Å. The Al(1)-Al(6) bond length is 2.81 Å. The Al(1)-Al(7) bond length is 2.81 Å. There is one shorter (2.77 Å) and one longer (2.91 Å) Al(1)-Al(1) bond length. There is one shorter (2.75 Å) and one longer (2.82 Å) Al(1)-Al(5) bond length. In the second Al site, Al(2) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2), one Al(11), one Al(14), one Al(16), one Al(5), one Al(6), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(15), and two equivalent Al(2) atoms. The Al(2)-Al(11) bond length is 2.86 Å. The Al(2)-Al(14) bond length is 2.78 Å. The Al(2)-Al(16) bond length is 2.70 Å. The Al(2)-Al(5) bond length is 2.88 Å. The Al(2)-Al(6) bond length is 3.11 Å. The Al(2)-Al(8) bond length is 2.81 Å. The Al(2)-Al(9) bond length is 3.01 Å. There is one shorter (2.76 Å) and one longer (2.92 Å) Al(2)-Al(15) bond length. There is one shorter (2.81 Å) and one longer (2.93 Å) Al(2)-Al(2) bond length. In the third Al site, Al(3) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to one V(1), two equivalent V(2), one Al(13), one Al(8), four equivalent Al(4), and four equivalent Al(9) atoms. The Al(3)-Al(13) bond length is 2.96 Å. The Al(3)-Al(8) bond length is 2.68 Å. There are two shorter (2.80 Å) and two longer (2.84 Å) Al(3)-Al(4) bond lengths. There are two shorter (2.84 Å) and two longer (3.08 Å) Al(3)-Al(9) bond lengths. In the fourth Al site, Al(4) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one V(2), one Al(10), one Al(13), one Al(15), one Al(4), one Al(5), one Al(7), two equivalent Al(3), and two equivalent Al(9) atoms. The Al(4)-Al(10) bond length is 2.88 Å. The Al(4)-Al(13) bond length is 2.87 Å. The Al(4)-Al(15) bond length is 2.87 Å. The Al(4)-Al(4) bond length is 2.79 Å. The Al(4)-Al(5) bond length is 2.93 Å. The Al(4)-Al(7) bond length is 2.79 Å. There is one shorter (2.79 Å) and one longer (2.91 Å) Al(4)-Al(9) bond length. In the fifth Al site, Al(5) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one V(2), one V(3), one Al(10), one Al(11), one Al(13), one Al(14), one Al(15), one Al(2), one Al(4), one Al(5), and two equivalent Al(1) atoms. The Al(5)-Al(10) bond length is 2.80 Å. The Al(5)-Al(11) bond length is 2.74 Å. The Al(5)-Al(13) bond length is 2.85 Å. The Al(5)-Al(14) bond length is 2.86 Å. The Al(5)-Al(15) bond length is 2.87 Å. The Al(5)-Al(5) bond length is 2.81 Å. In the sixth Al site, Al(6) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one Al(1), one Al(14), one Al(2), one Al(6), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(12), and two equivalent Al(7) atoms. The Al(6)-V(1) bond length is 2.70 Å. The Al(6)-Al(1) bond length is 2.81 Å. The Al(6)-Al(14) bond length is 2.78 Å. The Al(6)-Al(6) bond length is 2.92 Å. The Al(6)-Al(8) bond length is 2.72 Å. The Al(6)-Al(9) bond length is 2.93 Å. There is one shorter (2.81 Å) and one longer (2.84 Å) Al(6)-Al(12) bond length. There is one shorter (2.80 Å) and one longer (2.91 Å) Al(6)-Al(7) bond length. In the seventh Al site, Al(7) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one Al(1), one Al(10), one Al(13), one Al(4), one Al(7), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(12), and two equivalent Al(6) atoms. The Al(7)-Al(10) bond length is 2.82 Å. The Al(7)-Al(13) bond length is 2.77 Å. The Al(7)-Al(7) bond length is 2.81 Å. The Al(7)-Al(9) bond length is 2.94 Å. There is one shorter (2.67 Å) and one longer (2.91 Å) Al(7)-Al(12) bond length. There is one shorter (2.80 Å) and one longer (2.91 Å) Al(7)-Al(6) bond length. In the eighth Al site, Al(6) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one Al(1), one Al(14), one Al(2), one Al(6), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(12), and two equivalent Al(7) atoms. The Al(6)-Al(14) bond length is 2.78 Å. The Al(6)-Al(2) bond length is 3.11 Å. The Al(6)-Al(8) bond length is 2.72 Å. The Al(6)-Al(9) bond length is 2.93 Å. There is one shorter (2.81 Å) and one longer (2.84 Å) Al(6)-Al(12) bond length. In the ninth Al site, Al(8) is bonded to one V(1), two equivalent V(2), one Al(11), one Al(16), one Al(3), two equivalent Al(2), two equivalent Al(6), and two equivalent Al(9) atoms to form distorted AlAl9V3 cuboctahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra,  a cornercorner with one Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Al(16)Al8V4 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra. The Al(8)-Al(11) bond length is 2.81 Å. The Al(8)-Al(16) bond length is 2.58 Å. Both Al(8)-Al(9) bond lengths are 2.76 Å. In the tenth Al site, Al(9) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one V(1), one V(2), one Al(15), one Al(2), one Al(6), one Al(7), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(3), and two equivalent Al(4) atoms. The Al(9)-Al(15) bond length is 2.87 Å. The Al(9)-Al(9) bond length is 2.81 Å. In the eleventh Al site, Al(10) is bonded to one V(1), one V(3), one Al(12), one Al(14), two equivalent Al(1), two equivalent Al(4), two equivalent Al(5), and two equivalent Al(7) atoms to form distorted AlAl10V2 cuboctahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Al(10)Al10V2 cuboctahedra,  a cornercorner with one Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra, and  a faceface with one V(3)Al12 cuboctahedra. The Al(10)-Al(12) bond length is 2.68 Å. The Al(10)-Al(14) bond length is 2.80 Å. In the twelfth Al site, Al(11) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2), one Al(13), one Al(16), one Al(8), two equivalent Al(1), two equivalent Al(2), and two equivalent Al(5) atoms. The Al(11)-Al(13) bond length is 2.89 Å. The Al(11)-Al(16) bond length is 2.73 Å. In the thirteenth Al site, Al(12) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one V(1); one Al(10); one Al(14); four Al(6,6); and four equivalent Al(7) atoms. The Al(12)-Al(14) bond length is 2.79 Å. In the fourteenth Al site, Al(13) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2), one Al(11), one Al(3), two equivalent Al(1), two equivalent Al(4), two equivalent Al(5), and two equivalent Al(7) atoms. In the fifteenth Al site, Al(14) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one V(3), one Al(10), one Al(12), two equivalent Al(1), two equivalent Al(2), two equivalent Al(5), and two equivalent Al(6) atoms. In the sixteenth Al site, Al(15) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2); two equivalent Al(4); two equivalent Al(5); two equivalent Al(9); and four Al(2,2) atoms. The Al(15)-Al(2) bond length is 2.92 Å. In the seventeenth Al site, Al(16) is bonded to four equivalent V(2), two equivalent Al(11), two equivalent Al(8), and four equivalent Al(2) atoms to form AlAl8V4 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(1)Al12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Al(8)Al9V3 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent V(2)Al11V cuboctahedra. In the eighteenth Al site, Al(2) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2), one Al(11), one Al(14), one Al(16), one Al(5), one Al(6), one Al(8), one Al(9), two equivalent Al(15), and two equivalent Al(2) atoms. The Al(2)-Al(11) bond length is 2.86 Å. The Al(2)-Al(14) bond length is 2.78 Å. The Al(2)-Al(16) bond length is 2.70 Å. The Al(2)-Al(5) bond length is 2.88 Å. The Al(2)-Al(6) bond length is 3.11 Å. The Al(2)-Al(8) bond length is 2.81 Å. The Al(2)-Al(9) bond length is 3.01 Å. There is one shorter (2.81 Å) and one longer (2.93 Å) Al(2)-Al(2) bond length.