Zr2V3Ge4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Zr(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing VGe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-53°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Zr(1), two equivalent V(1), four equivalent V(2), and one Ge(1) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Zr(1), two equivalent V(1), two equivalent V(2), and one Ge(3) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Zr(1), one V(1), and three equivalent V(2) atoms.
Zr2V3Ge4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Zr(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Zr(1)-Ge(3) bond length is 2.85 Å. There is one shorter (2.71 Å) and one longer (2.82 Å) Zr(1)-Ge(1) bond length. There are a spread of Zr(1)-Ge(2) bond distances ranging from 2.74-2.86 Å. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing VGe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-53°. There is one shorter (2.58 Å) and one longer (2.67 Å) V(1)-Ge(1) bond length. Both V(1)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 2.66 Å. There is one shorter (2.59 Å) and one longer (2.61 Å) V(1)-Ge(3) bond length. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The V(2)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.61 Å. There is one shorter (2.50 Å) and one longer (2.59 Å) V(2)-Ge(3) bond length. There are a spread of V(2)-Ge(2) bond distances ranging from 2.48-2.61 Å. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Zr(1), two equivalent V(1), four equivalent V(2), and one Ge(1) atom. The Ge(3)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.56 Å. In the second Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Zr(1), two equivalent V(1), two equivalent V(2), and one Ge(3) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Zr(1), one V(1), and three equivalent V(2) atoms.