Pd5CdP crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. There are two inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to eight equivalent Pd(2) and four equivalent Cd(1) atoms. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), five equivalent Pd(2), two equivalent Cd(1), and two equivalent P(1) atoms. Cd(1) is bonded to four equivalent Pd(1) and eight equivalent Pd(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner and face-sharing CdPd12 cuboctahedra. P(1) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Pd(2) atoms.
Pd5CdP crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. There are two inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to eight equivalent Pd(2) and four equivalent Cd(1) atoms. All Pd(1)-Pd(2) bond lengths are 2.89 Å. All Pd(1)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 2.79 Å. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), five equivalent Pd(2), two equivalent Cd(1), and two equivalent P(1) atoms. All Pd(2)-Pd(2) bond lengths are 2.79 Å. Both Pd(2)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 2.89 Å. Both Pd(2)-P(1) bond lengths are 2.42 Å. Cd(1) is bonded to four equivalent Pd(1) and eight equivalent Pd(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner and face-sharing CdPd12 cuboctahedra. P(1) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Pd(2) atoms.