LaWN3 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. La(1) is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(2) and eight equivalent N(1) atoms. W(1) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(2) and four equivalent N(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La(1) and two equivalent W(1) atoms. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent La(1) and two equivalent W(1) atoms.
LaWN3 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. La(1) is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(2) and eight equivalent N(1) atoms. There is one shorter (2.10 Å) and one longer (2.57 Å) La(1)-N(2) bond length. There are a spread of La(1)-N(1) bond distances ranging from 2.65-3.07 Å. W(1) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(2) and four equivalent N(1) atoms. There is one shorter (1.54 Å) and one longer (1.78 Å) W(1)-N(2) bond length. There are two shorter (2.28 Å) and two longer (2.40 Å) W(1)-N(1) bond lengths. There are two inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La(1) and two equivalent W(1) atoms. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent La(1) and two equivalent W(1) atoms.