NaGdCl4 is Baddeleyite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. Na(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one Cl(3), two equivalent Cl(1), two equivalent Cl(2), and two equivalent Cl(4) atoms. Gd(1) is bonded to one Cl(1), two equivalent Cl(2), two equivalent Cl(3), and two equivalent Cl(4) atoms to form edge-sharing GdCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are four inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to two equivalent Na(1) and one Gd(1) atom. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to two equivalent Na(1) and two equivalent Gd(1) atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClNa2Gd2 tetrahedra. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Na(1) and two equivalent Gd(1) atoms. In the fourth Cl site, Cl(4) is bonded to two equivalent Na(1) and two equivalent Gd(1) atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClNa2Gd2 trigonal pyramids.
NaGdCl4 is Baddeleyite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. Na(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one Cl(3), two equivalent Cl(1), two equivalent Cl(2), and two equivalent Cl(4) atoms. The Na(1)-Cl(3) bond length is 2.98 Å. There is one shorter (2.74 Å) and one longer (2.80 Å) Na(1)-Cl(1) bond length. There is one shorter (2.89 Å) and one longer (2.99 Å) Na(1)-Cl(2) bond length. There is one shorter (2.87 Å) and one longer (3.22 Å) Na(1)-Cl(4) bond length. Gd(1) is bonded to one Cl(1), two equivalent Cl(2), two equivalent Cl(3), and two equivalent Cl(4) atoms to form edge-sharing GdCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. The Gd(1)-Cl(1) bond length is 2.61 Å. Both Gd(1)-Cl(2) bond lengths are 2.79 Å. There is one shorter (2.71 Å) and one longer (2.79 Å) Gd(1)-Cl(3) bond length. There is one shorter (2.76 Å) and one longer (2.82 Å) Gd(1)-Cl(4) bond length. There are four inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to two equivalent Na(1) and one Gd(1) atom. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to two equivalent Na(1) and two equivalent Gd(1) atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClNa2Gd2 tetrahedra. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Na(1) and two equivalent Gd(1) atoms. In the fourth Cl site, Cl(4) is bonded to two equivalent Na(1) and two equivalent Gd(1) atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClNa2Gd2 trigonal pyramids.