Sr6Zn(RuO6)2 is (La,Ba)CuO4-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are three inequivalent Sr sites. In the first Sr site, Sr(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(2), one O(3), two equivalent O(4), two equivalent O(5), and three equivalent O(1) atoms. In the second Sr site, Sr(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(1), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms. In the third Sr site, Sr(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(1), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and four equivalent O(5) atoms. Ru(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form RuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ru(1)O6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. Zn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(5) atoms to form ZnO6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent Ru(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Sr(2), one Sr(3), three equivalent Sr(1), and one Ru(1) atom to form distorted OSr5Ru octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-61°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Sr(1), two equivalent Sr(2), two equivalent Sr(3), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OSr5Zn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-56°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Sr(1), two equivalent Sr(2), two equivalent Sr(3), and one Ru(1) atom to form distorted OSr5Ru octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with ten equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-62°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Sr(1), two equivalent Sr(2), and two equivalent Ru(1) atoms to form distorted OSr4Ru2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-60°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Sr(1), one Sr(2), two equivalent Sr(3), one Ru(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OSr4ZnRu octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with five equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra,  a faceface with one O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra,  a faceface with one O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, and faces with three equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-62°.
Sr6Zn(RuO6)2 is (La,Ba)CuO4-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are three inequivalent Sr sites. In the first Sr site, Sr(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(2), one O(3), two equivalent O(4), two equivalent O(5), and three equivalent O(1) atoms. The Sr(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.62 Å. The Sr(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.88 Å. Both Sr(1)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.78 Å. Both Sr(1)-O(5) bond lengths are 2.63 Å. There is one shorter (2.45 Å) and two longer (2.76 Å) Sr(1)-O(1) bond lengths. In the second Sr site, Sr(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(1), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms. The Sr(2)-O(1) bond length is 2.86 Å. There is one shorter (2.40 Å) and one longer (2.65 Å) Sr(2)-O(2) bond length. Both Sr(2)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.76 Å. Both Sr(2)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.76 Å. Both Sr(2)-O(5) bond lengths are 2.64 Å. In the third Sr site, Sr(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(1), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and four equivalent O(5) atoms. The Sr(3)-O(1) bond length is 2.76 Å. Both Sr(3)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.76 Å. There is one shorter (2.52 Å) and one longer (2.77 Å) Sr(3)-O(3) bond length. There are two shorter (2.66 Å) and two longer (2.68 Å) Sr(3)-O(5) bond lengths. Ru(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form RuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ru(1)O6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. The Ru(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Ru(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.02 Å. Both Ru(1)-O(4) bond lengths are 1.89 Å. Both Ru(1)-O(5) bond lengths are 1.89 Å. Zn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(5) atoms to form ZnO6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent Ru(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. Both Zn(1)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.10 Å. All Zn(1)-O(5) bond lengths are 2.04 Å. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Sr(2), one Sr(3), three equivalent Sr(1), and one Ru(1) atom to form distorted OSr5Ru octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-61°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Sr(1), two equivalent Sr(2), two equivalent Sr(3), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OSr5Zn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-56°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Sr(1), two equivalent Sr(2), two equivalent Sr(3), and one Ru(1) atom to form distorted OSr5Ru octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with ten equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-62°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Sr(1), two equivalent Sr(2), and two equivalent Ru(1) atoms to form distorted OSr4Ru2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-60°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Sr(1), one Sr(2), two equivalent Sr(3), one Ru(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OSr4ZnRu octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra, corners with five equivalent O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra,  a faceface with one O(4)Sr4Ru2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(1)Sr5Ru octahedra,  a faceface with one O(3)Sr5Ru octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(2)Sr5Zn octahedra, and faces with three equivalent O(5)Sr4ZnRu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-62°.