ReC is Molybdenum Carbide MAX Phase-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. Re(1) is bonded to three equivalent C(1) and three equivalent C(2) atoms to form a mixture of face, corner, and edge-sharing ReC6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-45°. There are two inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(1) is bonded to six equivalent Re(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing CRe6 octahedra. In the second C site, C(2) is bonded to six equivalent Re(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing CRe6 pentagonal pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted.
ReC is Molybdenum Carbide MAX Phase-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. Re(1) is bonded to three equivalent C(1) and three equivalent C(2) atoms to form a mixture of face, corner, and edge-sharing ReC6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-45°. All Re(1)-C(1) bond lengths are 2.20 Å. All Re(1)-C(2) bond lengths are 2.18 Å. There are two inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(1) is bonded to six equivalent Re(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing CRe6 octahedra. In the second C site, C(2) is bonded to six equivalent Re(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing CRe6 pentagonal pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted.