LiZnGe crystallizes in the trigonal P3m1 space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Zn(1), three equivalent Zn(3), three equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Zn(2), three equivalent Zn(3), three equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ge(2) and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. There are three inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(1), one Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the second Zn site, Zn(2) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(2), one Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the third Zn site, Zn(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(2), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(2), one Zn(1), one Zn(2), and three equivalent Zn(3) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(3), three equivalent Zn(1), and one Ge(3) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(2), three equivalent Li(3), three equivalent Zn(2), and one Ge(2) atom.
LiZnGe crystallizes in the trigonal P3m1 space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Zn(1), three equivalent Zn(3), three equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. All Li(1)-Zn(1) bond lengths are 2.75 Å. All Li(1)-Zn(3) bond lengths are 2.85 Å. All Li(1)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.95 Å. All Li(1)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 3.09 Å. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Zn(2), three equivalent Zn(3), three equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. All Li(2)-Zn(2) bond lengths are 2.75 Å. All Li(2)-Zn(3) bond lengths are 3.04 Å. All Li(2)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.93 Å. All Li(2)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 3.09 Å. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ge(2) and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. All Li(3)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 2.79 Å. All Li(3)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 2.79 Å. There are three inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(1), one Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Zn(1)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.79 Å. All Zn(1)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 2.56 Å. In the second Zn site, Zn(2) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(2), one Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. The Zn(2)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.76 Å. All Zn(2)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 2.56 Å. In the third Zn site, Zn(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(2), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. All Zn(3)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.48 Å. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(2), one Zn(1), one Zn(2), and three equivalent Zn(3) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(1), three equivalent Li(3), three equivalent Zn(1), and one Ge(3) atom. The Ge(2)-Ge(3) bond length is 2.56 Å. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li(2), three equivalent Li(3), three equivalent Zn(2), and one Ge(2) atom.