Li7W5O16 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are seven inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one W(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-53°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(15), and one O(3) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(5)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-65°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(5), and one O(9) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one W(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 48-64°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(4), and one O(6) atom to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(4)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one W(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 61-72°. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to one O(16), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one W(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-51°. In the sixth Li site, Li(6) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-52°. In the seventh Li site, Li(7) is bonded to one O(13), one O(2), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(2)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-66°. There are five inequivalent W sites. In the first W site, W(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(7)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one W(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-52°. In the second W site, W(2) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one W(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-48°. In the third W site, W(3) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(15), one O(16), and one O(9) atom to form distorted WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(4)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one W(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-53°. In the fourth W site, W(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(13), one O(15), and one O(5) atom to form WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-48°. In the fifth W site, W(5) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(13), one O(15), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(4)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one Li(6), one W(1), and one W(4) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(5), one Li(7), and one W(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(5), and one W(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to one Li(1), one Li(4), one Li(5), and one W(2) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(3), one Li(6), one W(4), and one W(5) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2W2 tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one Li(6), one W(1), and one W(5) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(7), one W(1), and one W(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(5), one Li(7), one W(1), and one W(2) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(5), and one W(3) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one W(1), one W(4), and one W(5) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(6), one W(3), and one W(4) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2W2 tetrahedra. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(6), one W(3), and one W(5) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2W2 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded to one Li(6), one Li(7), one W(4), and one W(5) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2W2 trigonal pyramids. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(3), one W(2), and one W(3) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one W(3), one W(4), and one W(5) atom. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Li(5), one W(2), and one W(3) atom.
Li7W5O16 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are seven inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one W(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-53°. The Li(1)-O(14) bond length is 2.24 Å. The Li(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.17 Å. The Li(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.08 Å. The Li(1)-O(4) bond length is 1.98 Å. The Li(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.26 Å. The Li(1)-O(9) bond length is 2.32 Å. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(15), and one O(3) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(5)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-65°. The Li(2)-O(11) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Li(2)-O(12) bond length is 2.07 Å. The Li(2)-O(15) bond length is 2.07 Å. The Li(2)-O(3) bond length is 1.95 Å. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(5), and one O(9) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one W(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 48-64°. The Li(3)-O(14) bond length is 2.06 Å. The Li(3)-O(16) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Li(3)-O(5) bond length is 1.85 Å. The Li(3)-O(9) bond length is 1.93 Å. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(4), and one O(6) atom to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(4)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one W(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 61-72°. The Li(4)-O(1) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Li(4)-O(10) bond length is 2.31 Å. The Li(4)-O(4) bond length is 1.87 Å. The Li(4)-O(6) bond length is 1.97 Å. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to one O(16), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one W(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-51°. The Li(5)-O(16) bond length is 2.21 Å. The Li(5)-O(2) bond length is 2.21 Å. The Li(5)-O(3) bond length is 2.07 Å. The Li(5)-O(4) bond length is 1.99 Å. The Li(5)-O(8) bond length is 2.23 Å. The Li(5)-O(9) bond length is 2.29 Å. In the sixth Li site, Li(6) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-52°. The Li(6)-O(1) bond length is 2.25 Å. The Li(6)-O(11) bond length is 2.19 Å. The Li(6)-O(12) bond length is 2.21 Å. The Li(6)-O(13) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Li(6)-O(5) bond length is 1.99 Å. The Li(6)-O(6) bond length is 2.16 Å. In the seventh Li site, Li(7) is bonded to one O(13), one O(2), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one W(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(2)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-66°. The Li(7)-O(13) bond length is 2.01 Å. The Li(7)-O(2) bond length is 1.99 Å. The Li(7)-O(7) bond length is 1.98 Å. The Li(7)-O(8) bond length is 1.98 Å. There are five inequivalent W sites. In the first W site, W(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(7)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one W(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-52°. The W(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.12 Å. The W(1)-O(10) bond length is 2.21 Å. The W(1)-O(2) bond length is 1.82 Å. The W(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.03 Å. The W(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.07 Å. The W(1)-O(8) bond length is 2.04 Å. In the second W site, W(2) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one W(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-48°. The W(2)-O(14) bond length is 2.24 Å. The W(2)-O(16) bond length is 2.23 Å. The W(2)-O(3) bond length is 1.88 Å. The W(2)-O(4) bond length is 1.89 Å. The W(2)-O(7) bond length is 2.02 Å. The W(2)-O(8) bond length is 2.03 Å. In the third W site, W(3) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(15), one O(16), and one O(9) atom to form distorted WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent W(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(4)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one W(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-53°. The W(3)-O(11) bond length is 2.13 Å. The W(3)-O(12) bond length is 2.03 Å. The W(3)-O(14) bond length is 1.92 Å. The W(3)-O(15) bond length is 2.18 Å. The W(3)-O(16) bond length is 1.90 Å. The W(3)-O(9) bond length is 1.80 Å. In the fourth W site, W(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(13), one O(15), and one O(5) atom to form WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-48°. The W(4)-O(1) bond length is 1.96 Å. The W(4)-O(10) bond length is 2.06 Å. The W(4)-O(11) bond length is 1.96 Å. The W(4)-O(13) bond length is 2.04 Å. The W(4)-O(15) bond length is 2.12 Å. The W(4)-O(5) bond length is 2.02 Å. In the fifth W site, W(5) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(13), one O(15), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form WO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent W(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one W(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent W(4)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. The W(5)-O(10) bond length is 2.19 Å. The W(5)-O(12) bond length is 2.04 Å. The W(5)-O(13) bond length is 2.04 Å. The W(5)-O(15) bond length is 2.16 Å. The W(5)-O(5) bond length is 2.05 Å. The W(5)-O(6) bond length is 2.06 Å. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one Li(6), one W(1), and one W(4) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(5), one Li(7), and one W(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(5), and one W(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to one Li(1), one Li(4), one Li(5), and one W(2) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(3), one Li(6), one W(4), and one W(5) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2W2 tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one Li(6), one W(1), and one W(5) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(7), one W(1), and one W(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(5), one Li(7), one W(1), and one W(2) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(5), and one W(3) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one W(1), one W(4), and one W(5) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(6), one W(3), and one W(4) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2W2 tetrahedra. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(6), one W(3), and one W(5) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2W2 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded to one Li(6), one Li(7), one W(4), and one W(5) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2W2 trigonal pyramids. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Li(3), one W(2), and one W(3) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one W(3), one W(4), and one W(5) atom. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Li(5), one W(2), and one W(3) atom.