Ba(PdP2)2 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. Ba(1) is bonded in a 24-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent Pd(1) and sixteen equivalent P(1) atoms. Pd(1) is bonded to four equivalent Ba(1) and four equivalent P(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face, corner, and edge-sharing PdBa4P4 tetrahedra. P(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ba(1), two equivalent Pd(1), and two equivalent P(1) atoms.
Ba(PdP2)2 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. Ba(1) is bonded in a 24-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent Pd(1) and sixteen equivalent P(1) atoms. All Ba(1)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.73 Å. There are eight shorter (3.36 Å) and eight longer (3.90 Å) Ba(1)-P(1) bond lengths. Pd(1) is bonded to four equivalent Ba(1) and four equivalent P(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face, corner, and edge-sharing PdBa4P4 tetrahedra. All Pd(1)-P(1) bond lengths are 2.40 Å. P(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ba(1), two equivalent Pd(1), and two equivalent P(1) atoms. Both P(1)-P(1) bond lengths are 2.19 Å.