Cu2Cd is Hexagonal Laves structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. There are two inequivalent Cu sites. In the first Cu site, Cu(2) is bonded to six equivalent Cu(1) and six equivalent Cd(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CuCd6Cu6 cuboctahedra. In the second Cu site, Cu(1) is bonded to two equivalent Cu(2), four equivalent Cu(1), and six equivalent Cd(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CuCd6Cu6 cuboctahedra. Cd(1) is bonded in a 16-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Cu(2), nine equivalent Cu(1), and four equivalent Cd(1) atoms.
Cu2Cd is Hexagonal Laves structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. There are two inequivalent Cu sites. In the first Cu site, Cu(2) is bonded to six equivalent Cu(1) and six equivalent Cd(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CuCd6Cu6 cuboctahedra. All Cu(2)-Cu(1) bond lengths are 2.46 Å. All Cu(2)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 2.93 Å. In the second Cu site, Cu(1) is bonded to two equivalent Cu(2), four equivalent Cu(1), and six equivalent Cd(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CuCd6Cu6 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (2.47 Å) and two longer (2.54 Å) Cu(1)-Cu(1) bond lengths. There are two shorter (2.85 Å) and four longer (2.92 Å) Cu(1)-Cd(1) bond lengths. Cd(1) is bonded in a 16-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Cu(2), nine equivalent Cu(1), and four equivalent Cd(1) atoms. There is one shorter (2.99 Å) and three longer (3.05 Å) Cd(1)-Cd(1) bond lengths.