Rb2Te is Cotunnite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. There are two inequivalent Rb sites. In the first Rb site, Rb(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Te(1) atoms. In the second Rb site, Rb(2) is bonded to four equivalent Te(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing RbTe4 tetrahedra. Te(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Rb(2) and five equivalent Rb(1) atoms.
Rb2Te is Cotunnite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. There are two inequivalent Rb sites. In the first Rb site, Rb(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Te(1) atoms. There are a spread of Rb(1)-Te(1) bond distances ranging from 3.79-4.14 Å. In the second Rb site, Rb(2) is bonded to four equivalent Te(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing RbTe4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Rb(2)-Te(1) bond distances ranging from 3.58-3.67 Å. Te(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Rb(2) and five equivalent Rb(1) atoms.