LaBiO4 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(2), two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and three equivalent O(4) atoms. Bi(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing BiO5 trigonal bipyramids. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent La(1) and one Bi(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one La(1) and two equivalent Bi(1) atoms. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two equivalent La(1) and one Bi(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to three equivalent La(1) and one Bi(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLa3Bi tetrahedra.
LaBiO4 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(2), two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and three equivalent O(4) atoms. The La(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.53 Å. There is one shorter (2.54 Å) and one longer (2.62 Å) La(1)-O(1) bond length. There is one shorter (2.46 Å) and one longer (2.52 Å) La(1)-O(3) bond length. There are a spread of La(1)-O(4) bond distances ranging from 2.44-2.70 Å. Bi(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing BiO5 trigonal bipyramids. The Bi(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Bi(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Bi(1)-O(4) bond length is 2.07 Å. There is one shorter (2.14 Å) and one longer (2.26 Å) Bi(1)-O(2) bond length. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent La(1) and one Bi(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one La(1) and two equivalent Bi(1) atoms. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two equivalent La(1) and one Bi(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to three equivalent La(1) and one Bi(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLa3Bi tetrahedra.