LiNi6O7 is Caswellsilverite-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-3°. There are seven inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-6°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(3), one O(7), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-5°. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-5°. In the fourth Ni site, Ni(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-3°. In the fifth Ni site, Ni(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-2°. In the sixth Ni site, Ni(6) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-6°. In the seventh Ni site, Ni(7) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-5°. There are seven inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(1), one Ni(3), one Ni(7), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(3)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-4°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(1), one Ni(3), one Ni(4), one Ni(6), and one Ni(7) atom to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), one Ni(5), one Ni(6), and one Ni(7) atom to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Ni(3), one Ni(4), one Ni(5), one Ni(6), and two equivalent Ni(7) atoms to form ONi6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(4), one Ni(5), one Ni(7), and two equivalent Ni(6) atoms to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(6)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(3), two equivalent Ni(1), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), one Ni(6), and two equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-4°.
LiNi6O7 is Caswellsilverite-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-3°. The Li(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.16 Å. The Li(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Li(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.06 Å. The Li(1)-O(5) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Li(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.16 Å. The Li(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.17 Å. There are seven inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-6°. The Ni(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.02 Å. The Ni(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.09 Å. There is one shorter (2.04 Å) and one longer (2.05 Å) Ni(1)-O(6) bond length. There is one shorter (2.02 Å) and one longer (2.05 Å) Ni(1)-O(7) bond length. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(3), one O(7), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-5°. The Ni(2)-O(3) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Ni(2)-O(7) bond length is 2.00 Å. There is one shorter (2.00 Å) and one longer (2.07 Å) Ni(2)-O(1) bond length. There is one shorter (2.05 Å) and one longer (2.06 Å) Ni(2)-O(6) bond length. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-5°. The Ni(3)-O(1) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Ni(3)-O(2) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Ni(3)-O(3) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Ni(3)-O(4) bond length is 2.06 Å. The Ni(3)-O(6) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Ni(3)-O(7) bond length is 2.10 Å. In the fourth Ni site, Ni(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-3°. Both Ni(4)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.04 Å. Both Ni(4)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.07 Å. Both Ni(4)-O(5) bond lengths are 2.06 Å. In the fifth Ni site, Ni(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-2°. Both Ni(5)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.04 Å. Both Ni(5)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.06 Å. Both Ni(5)-O(5) bond lengths are 2.05 Å. In the sixth Ni site, Ni(6) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-6°. The Ni(6)-O(2) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Ni(6)-O(3) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Ni(6)-O(4) bond length is 2.07 Å. The Ni(6)-O(7) bond length is 2.08 Å. There is one shorter (2.05 Å) and one longer (2.07 Å) Ni(6)-O(5) bond length. In the seventh Ni site, Ni(7) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-5°. The Ni(7)-O(1) bond length is 2.06 Å. The Ni(7)-O(2) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Ni(7)-O(3) bond length is 2.07 Å. The Ni(7)-O(5) bond length is 2.07 Å. Both Ni(7)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.08 Å. There are seven inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(1), one Ni(3), one Ni(7), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(3)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-4°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(1), one Ni(3), one Ni(4), one Ni(6), and one Ni(7) atom to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), one Ni(5), one Ni(6), and one Ni(7) atom to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Ni(3), one Ni(4), one Ni(5), one Ni(6), and two equivalent Ni(7) atoms to form ONi6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(4), one Ni(5), one Ni(7), and two equivalent Ni(6) atoms to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(6)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(4)Ni6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(3), two equivalent Ni(1), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), one Ni(6), and two equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form OLiNi5 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiNi5 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiNi5 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiNi5 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Ni6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiNi5 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)LiNi5 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)LiNi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-4°.