LiAu3 is Uranium Silicide-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. Li(1) is bonded to four equivalent Au(2) and eight equivalent Au(1) atoms to form a mixture of face, corner, and edge-sharing LiAu12 cuboctahedra. There are two inequivalent Au sites. In the first Au site, Au(1) is bonded to four equivalent Li(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing AuLi4 cuboctahedra. In the second Au site, Au(2) is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent Li(1) atoms.
LiAu3 is Uranium Silicide-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. Li(1) is bonded to four equivalent Au(2) and eight equivalent Au(1) atoms to form a mixture of face, corner, and edge-sharing LiAu12 cuboctahedra. All Li(1)-Au(2) bond lengths are 2.81 Å. All Li(1)-Au(1) bond lengths are 2.88 Å. There are two inequivalent Au sites. In the first Au site, Au(1) is bonded to four equivalent Li(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing AuLi4 cuboctahedra. In the second Au site, Au(2) is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent Li(1) atoms.