Li4Cr3NiO8 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-8°. In the third Li site, Li(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 LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Cr(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-8°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Cr(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. There are six inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(4), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-5°. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-8°. In the fourth Cr site, Cr(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-8°. In the fifth Cr site, Cr(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 5°. In the sixth Cr site, Cr(6) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 6-9°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-8°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(3), one Cr(5), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(4), one Cr(6), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(1), one Cr(3), and one Cr(5) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(2), one Cr(4), and one Cr(6) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Cr(1), one Cr(3), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Cr(2), one Cr(4), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Cr(1), one Cr(5), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Cr(2), one Cr(6), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°.
Li4Cr3NiO8 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. The Li(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Li(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.19 Å. The Li(1)-O(5) bond length is 2.13 Å. The Li(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Li(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.15 Å. The Li(1)-O(8) bond length is 2.13 Å. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-8°. The Li(2)-O(1) bond length is 2.08 Å. The Li(2)-O(4) bond length is 2.19 Å. The Li(2)-O(5) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Li(2)-O(6) bond length is 2.24 Å. The Li(2)-O(7) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Li(2)-O(8) bond length is 2.26 Å. In the third Li site, Li(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 LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Cr(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-8°. The Li(3)-O(1) bond length is 2.22 Å. The Li(3)-O(2) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Li(3)-O(3) bond length is 2.22 Å. The Li(3)-O(4) bond length is 2.15 Å. The Li(3)-O(6) bond length is 2.15 Å. The Li(3)-O(7) bond length is 2.26 Å. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Cr(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. The Li(4)-O(1) bond length is 2.14 Å. The Li(4)-O(2) bond length is 2.13 Å. The Li(4)-O(3) bond length is 2.19 Å. The Li(4)-O(4) bond length is 2.16 Å. The Li(4)-O(5) bond length is 2.15 Å. The Li(4)-O(8) bond length is 2.20 Å. There are six inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. Both Cr(1)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.03 Å. Both Cr(1)-O(5) bond lengths are 2.02 Å. Both Cr(1)-O(7) bond lengths are 2.03 Å. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(4), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-5°. Both Cr(2)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.02 Å. Both Cr(2)-O(6) bond lengths are 1.95 Å. Both Cr(2)-O(8) bond lengths are 1.94 Å. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-8°. Both Cr(3)-O(1) bond lengths are 2.03 Å. Both Cr(3)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.03 Å. Both Cr(3)-O(5) bond lengths are 2.02 Å. In the fourth Cr site, Cr(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-8°. Both Cr(4)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.02 Å. Both Cr(4)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.04 Å. Both Cr(4)-O(6) bond lengths are 2.03 Å. In the fifth Cr site, Cr(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 5°. Both Cr(5)-O(1) bond lengths are 1.96 Å. Both Cr(5)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.01 Å. Both Cr(5)-O(7) bond lengths are 1.95 Å. In the sixth Cr site, Cr(6) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. Both Cr(6)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.02 Å. Both Cr(6)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.03 Å. Both Cr(6)-O(8) bond lengths are 2.03 Å. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 6-9°. Both Ni(1)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.07 Å. Both Ni(1)-O(6) bond lengths are 2.09 Å. Both Ni(1)-O(8) bond lengths are 2.09 Å. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-8°. Both Ni(2)-O(1) bond lengths are 2.10 Å. Both Ni(2)-O(5) bond lengths are 2.05 Å. Both Ni(2)-O(7) bond lengths are 2.09 Å. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(3), one Cr(5), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(4), one Cr(6), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(1), one Cr(3), and one Cr(5) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(2), one Cr(4), and one Cr(6) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Cr(1), one Cr(3), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Cr(2), one Cr(4), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Cr(1), one Cr(5), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Cr(2), one Cr(6), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°.