LaMoN3 is Esseneite-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. There are two inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(1), two equivalent N(2), and four equivalent N(3) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded to two equivalent N(1) and four equivalent N(2) atoms to form LaN6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mo(1)N4 tetrahedra and edges with two equivalent La(2)N6 octahedra. Mo(1) is bonded to one N(1), one N(2), and two equivalent N(3) atoms to form MoN4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent La(2)N6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Mo(1)N4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 43-69°. There are three inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one Mo(1) atom. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded to one La(1), two equivalent La(2), and one Mo(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing NLa3Mo tetrahedra. In the third N site, N(3) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La(1) and two equivalent Mo(1) atoms.
LaMoN3 is Esseneite-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. There are two inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(1), two equivalent N(2), and four equivalent N(3) atoms. Both La(1)-N(1) bond lengths are 2.53 Å. Both La(1)-N(2) bond lengths are 2.57 Å. There are two shorter (2.79 Å) and two longer (3.07 Å) La(1)-N(3) bond lengths. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded to two equivalent N(1) and four equivalent N(2) atoms to form LaN6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mo(1)N4 tetrahedra and edges with two equivalent La(2)N6 octahedra. Both La(2)-N(1) bond lengths are 2.43 Å. There are two shorter (2.48 Å) and two longer (2.57 Å) La(2)-N(2) bond lengths. Mo(1) is bonded to one N(1), one N(2), and two equivalent N(3) atoms to form MoN4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent La(2)N6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Mo(1)N4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 43-69°. The Mo(1)-N(1) bond length is 1.76 Å. The Mo(1)-N(2) bond length is 1.82 Å. There is one shorter (1.91 Å) and one longer (1.96 Å) Mo(1)-N(3) bond length. There are three inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one Mo(1) atom. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded to one La(1), two equivalent La(2), and one Mo(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing NLa3Mo tetrahedra. In the third N site, N(3) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La(1) and two equivalent Mo(1) atoms.