SrLaCl5 is Zircon-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. Sr(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(5), two equivalent Cl(3), three equivalent Cl(2), and three equivalent Cl(4) atoms. La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Cl(2), one Cl(4), two equivalent Cl(1), two equivalent Cl(3), and two equivalent Cl(5) atoms. There are five inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to three equivalent Sr(1) and one La(1) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClSr3La tetrahedra. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms. In the fourth Cl site, Cl(4) is bonded to three equivalent Sr(1) and one La(1) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClSr3La tetrahedra. In the fifth Cl site, Cl(5) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms.
SrLaCl5 is Zircon-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. Sr(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Cl(1), one Cl(5), two equivalent Cl(3), three equivalent Cl(2), and three equivalent Cl(4) atoms. The Sr(1)-Cl(1) bond length is 3.16 Å. The Sr(1)-Cl(5) bond length is 3.13 Å. There is one shorter (3.59 Å) and one longer (3.70 Å) Sr(1)-Cl(3) bond length. There are a spread of Sr(1)-Cl(2) bond distances ranging from 3.03-3.39 Å. There are a spread of Sr(1)-Cl(4) bond distances ranging from 3.06-3.42 Å. La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Cl(2), one Cl(4), two equivalent Cl(1), two equivalent Cl(3), and two equivalent Cl(5) atoms. The La(1)-Cl(2) bond length is 2.91 Å. The La(1)-Cl(4) bond length is 2.91 Å. There is one shorter (2.89 Å) and one longer (2.91 Å) La(1)-Cl(1) bond length. There is one shorter (2.91 Å) and one longer (2.97 Å) La(1)-Cl(3) bond length. There is one shorter (2.89 Å) and one longer (2.92 Å) La(1)-Cl(5) bond length. There are five inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to three equivalent Sr(1) and one La(1) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClSr3La tetrahedra. In the third Cl site, Cl(3) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms. In the fourth Cl site, Cl(4) is bonded to three equivalent Sr(1) and one La(1) atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing ClSr3La tetrahedra. In the fifth Cl site, Cl(5) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Sr(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms.