AgZn4N3 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are four inequivalent Ag sites. In the first Ag site, Ag(1) is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to one N(10) atom. In the second Ag site, Ag(2) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one N(2) and one N(4) atom. In the third Ag site, Ag(3) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one N(2) atom. In the fourth Ag site, Ag(4) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one N(3) and one N(7) atom. There are sixteen inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn(1) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one N(3) and one N(7) atom. In the second Zn site, Zn(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(12), one N(4), and one N(6) atom. In the third Zn site, Zn(3) is bonded to one N(11), one N(2), one N(3), and one N(9) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ZnN4 tetrahedra. In the fourth Zn site, Zn(4) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one N(12), one N(2), and one N(3) atom. In the fifth Zn site, Zn(5) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one N(1) and one N(5) atom. In the sixth Zn site, Zn(6) is bonded to one N(1), one N(11), one N(12), and one N(4) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing ZnN4 trigonal pyramids. In the seventh Zn site, Zn(7) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one N(11), one N(12), and one N(6) atom. In the eighth Zn site, Zn(8) is bonded to one N(1), one N(10), one N(4), and one N(8) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ZnN4 tetrahedra. In the ninth Zn site, Zn(9) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one N(2), one N(5), and one N(9) atom. In the tenth Zn site, Zn(10) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one N(10), one N(6), and one N(8) atom. In the eleventh Zn site, Zn(11) is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one N(7) and one N(9) atom. In the twelfth Zn site, Zn(12) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(5), one N(7), and one N(8) atom. In the thirteenth Zn site, Zn(13) is bonded to one N(11), one N(4), one N(6), and one N(9) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ZnN4 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth Zn site, Zn(14) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(10), one N(5), and one N(7) atom. In the fifteenth Zn site, Zn(15) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(1), one N(11), and one N(8) atom. In the sixteenth Zn site, Zn(16) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(1), one N(10), and one N(12) atom. There are twelve inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Zn(15), one Zn(16), one Zn(5), one Zn(6), and one Zn(8) atom. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded to one Ag(2), one Ag(3), one Zn(3), one Zn(4), and one Zn(9) atom to form distorted NZn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(5)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid, and corners with two equivalent N(3)Zn3Ag trigonal pyramids. In the third N site, N(3) is bonded to one Ag(4), one Zn(1), one Zn(3), and one Zn(4) atom to form distorted NZn3Ag trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramids, and corners with two equivalent N(7)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids. In the fourth N site, N(4) is bonded to one Ag(2), one Zn(13), one Zn(2), one Zn(6), and one Zn(8) atom to form distorted NZn4Ag trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent N(6)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids, and corners with two equivalent N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids. In the fifth N site, N(5) is bonded to one Zn(12), one Zn(14), one Zn(5), and one Zn(9) atom to form NZn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramid, and corners with two equivalent N(7)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids. In the sixth N site, N(6) is bonded to one Zn(10), one Zn(13), one Zn(2), and one Zn(7) atom to form NZn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids, and corners with two equivalent N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids. In the seventh N site, N(7) is bonded to one Ag(4), one Zn(1), one Zn(11), one Zn(12), and one Zn(14) atom to form distorted NZn4Ag trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent N(5)Zn4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent N(3)Zn3Ag trigonal pyramids. In the eighth N site, N(8) is bonded to one Zn(10), one Zn(12), one Zn(15), and one Zn(8) atom to form NZn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one N(5)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(6)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one N(7)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramid, and  a cornercorner with one N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid. In the ninth N site, N(9) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Zn(11), one Zn(13), one Zn(3), and one Zn(9) atom. In the tenth N site, N(10) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Ag(1), one Zn(10), one Zn(14), one Zn(16), and one Zn(8) atom. In the eleventh N site, N(11) is bonded to one Zn(13), one Zn(15), one Zn(3), one Zn(6), and one Zn(7) atom to form NZn5 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent N(6)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids, and  a cornercorner with one N(3)Zn3Ag trigonal pyramid. In the twelfth N site, N(12) is bonded to one Zn(16), one Zn(2), one Zn(4), one Zn(6), and one Zn(7) atom to form NZn5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent N(6)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids, and  a cornercorner with one N(3)Zn3Ag trigonal pyramid.
AgZn4N3 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are four inequivalent Ag sites. In the first Ag site, Ag(1) is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to one N(10) atom. The Ag(1)-N(10) bond length is 2.53 Å. In the second Ag site, Ag(2) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one N(2) and one N(4) atom. The Ag(2)-N(2) bond length is 2.31 Å. The Ag(2)-N(4) bond length is 2.43 Å. In the third Ag site, Ag(3) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one N(2) atom. The Ag(3)-N(2) bond length is 2.25 Å. In the fourth Ag site, Ag(4) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one N(3) and one N(7) atom. The Ag(4)-N(3) bond length is 2.13 Å. The Ag(4)-N(7) bond length is 2.30 Å. There are sixteen inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn(1) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one N(3) and one N(7) atom. The Zn(1)-N(3) bond length is 1.93 Å. The Zn(1)-N(7) bond length is 2.01 Å. In the second Zn site, Zn(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(12), one N(4), and one N(6) atom. The Zn(2)-N(12) bond length is 1.97 Å. The Zn(2)-N(4) bond length is 2.00 Å. The Zn(2)-N(6) bond length is 2.00 Å. In the third Zn site, Zn(3) is bonded to one N(11), one N(2), one N(3), and one N(9) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ZnN4 tetrahedra. The Zn(3)-N(11) bond length is 2.20 Å. The Zn(3)-N(2) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Zn(3)-N(3) bond length is 2.02 Å. The Zn(3)-N(9) bond length is 2.04 Å. In the fourth Zn site, Zn(4) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one N(12), one N(2), and one N(3) atom. The Zn(4)-N(12) bond length is 2.06 Å. The Zn(4)-N(2) bond length is 2.00 Å. The Zn(4)-N(3) bond length is 1.98 Å. In the fifth Zn site, Zn(5) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one N(1) and one N(5) atom. The Zn(5)-N(1) bond length is 1.86 Å. The Zn(5)-N(5) bond length is 1.89 Å. In the sixth Zn site, Zn(6) is bonded to one N(1), one N(11), one N(12), and one N(4) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing ZnN4 trigonal pyramids. The Zn(6)-N(1) bond length is 2.50 Å. The Zn(6)-N(11) bond length is 2.02 Å. The Zn(6)-N(12) bond length is 2.03 Å. The Zn(6)-N(4) bond length is 1.98 Å. In the seventh Zn site, Zn(7) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one N(11), one N(12), and one N(6) atom. The Zn(7)-N(11) bond length is 1.97 Å. The Zn(7)-N(12) bond length is 2.01 Å. The Zn(7)-N(6) bond length is 1.93 Å. In the eighth Zn site, Zn(8) is bonded to one N(1), one N(10), one N(4), and one N(8) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ZnN4 tetrahedra. The Zn(8)-N(1) bond length is 2.13 Å. The Zn(8)-N(10) bond length is 2.09 Å. The Zn(8)-N(4) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Zn(8)-N(8) bond length is 2.01 Å. In the ninth Zn site, Zn(9) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one N(2), one N(5), and one N(9) atom. The Zn(9)-N(2) bond length is 2.02 Å. The Zn(9)-N(5) bond length is 1.97 Å. The Zn(9)-N(9) bond length is 1.99 Å. In the tenth Zn site, Zn(10) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one N(10), one N(6), and one N(8) atom. The Zn(10)-N(10) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Zn(10)-N(6) bond length is 1.96 Å. The Zn(10)-N(8) bond length is 1.96 Å. In the eleventh Zn site, Zn(11) is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one N(7) and one N(9) atom. The Zn(11)-N(7) bond length is 1.99 Å. The Zn(11)-N(9) bond length is 1.85 Å. In the twelfth Zn site, Zn(12) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(5), one N(7), and one N(8) atom. The Zn(12)-N(5) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Zn(12)-N(7) bond length is 2.06 Å. The Zn(12)-N(8) bond length is 1.94 Å. In the thirteenth Zn site, Zn(13) is bonded to one N(11), one N(4), one N(6), and one N(9) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ZnN4 tetrahedra. The Zn(13)-N(11) bond length is 2.23 Å. The Zn(13)-N(4) bond length is 2.01 Å. The Zn(13)-N(6) bond length is 2.02 Å. The Zn(13)-N(9) bond length is 2.02 Å. In the fourteenth Zn site, Zn(14) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(10), one N(5), and one N(7) atom. The Zn(14)-N(10) bond length is 1.99 Å. The Zn(14)-N(5) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Zn(14)-N(7) bond length is 2.05 Å. In the fifteenth Zn site, Zn(15) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(1), one N(11), and one N(8) atom. The Zn(15)-N(1) bond length is 2.01 Å. The Zn(15)-N(11) bond length is 2.03 Å. The Zn(15)-N(8) bond length is 1.95 Å. In the sixteenth Zn site, Zn(16) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one N(1), one N(10), and one N(12) atom. The Zn(16)-N(1) bond length is 1.96 Å. The Zn(16)-N(10) bond length is 1.99 Å. The Zn(16)-N(12) bond length is 2.18 Å. There are twelve inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Zn(15), one Zn(16), one Zn(5), one Zn(6), and one Zn(8) atom. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded to one Ag(2), one Ag(3), one Zn(3), one Zn(4), and one Zn(9) atom to form distorted NZn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(5)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid, and corners with two equivalent N(3)Zn3Ag trigonal pyramids. In the third N site, N(3) is bonded to one Ag(4), one Zn(1), one Zn(3), and one Zn(4) atom to form distorted NZn3Ag trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramids, and corners with two equivalent N(7)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids. In the fourth N site, N(4) is bonded to one Ag(2), one Zn(13), one Zn(2), one Zn(6), and one Zn(8) atom to form distorted NZn4Ag trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent N(6)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids, and corners with two equivalent N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids. In the fifth N site, N(5) is bonded to one Zn(12), one Zn(14), one Zn(5), and one Zn(9) atom to form NZn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramid, and corners with two equivalent N(7)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids. In the sixth N site, N(6) is bonded to one Zn(10), one Zn(13), one Zn(2), and one Zn(7) atom to form NZn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids, and corners with two equivalent N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids. In the seventh N site, N(7) is bonded to one Ag(4), one Zn(1), one Zn(11), one Zn(12), and one Zn(14) atom to form distorted NZn4Ag trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent N(5)Zn4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent N(3)Zn3Ag trigonal pyramids. In the eighth N site, N(8) is bonded to one Zn(10), one Zn(12), one Zn(15), and one Zn(8) atom to form NZn4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one N(5)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(6)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one N(7)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramid, and  a cornercorner with one N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramid. In the ninth N site, N(9) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Zn(11), one Zn(13), one Zn(3), and one Zn(9) atom. In the tenth N site, N(10) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to one Ag(1), one Zn(10), one Zn(14), one Zn(16), and one Zn(8) atom. In the eleventh N site, N(11) is bonded to one Zn(13), one Zn(15), one Zn(3), one Zn(6), and one Zn(7) atom to form NZn5 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one N(8)Zn4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent N(6)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent N(12)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids, and  a cornercorner with one N(3)Zn3Ag trigonal pyramid. In the twelfth N site, N(12) is bonded to one Zn(16), one Zn(2), one Zn(4), one Zn(6), and one Zn(7) atom to form NZn5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent N(6)Zn4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one N(2)Zn3Ag2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent N(4)Zn4Ag trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent N(11)Zn5 trigonal bipyramids, and  a cornercorner with one N(3)Zn3Ag trigonal pyramid.