ZrRuGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Ima2 space group. There are three inequivalent Zr sites. In the first Zr site, Zr(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ru(1), two equivalent Ru(2), one Ge(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second Zr site, Zr(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ru(2), four equivalent Ru(1), one Ge(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the third Zr site, Zr(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ru(1), two equivalent Ru(2), one Ge(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ru sites. In the first Ru site, Ru(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Zr(1), one Zr(3), two equivalent Zr(2), one Ru(2), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the second Ru site, Ru(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Zr(1), two equivalent Zr(2), two equivalent Zr(3), two equivalent Ru(1), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Zr(1), two equivalent Zr(2), two equivalent Zr(3), one Ru(2), and two equivalent Ru(1) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Zr(1), one Zr(2), one Zr(3), two equivalent Ru(2), and four equivalent Ru(1) atoms.
ZrRuGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Ima2 space group. There are three inequivalent Zr sites. In the first Zr site, Zr(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ru(1), two equivalent Ru(2), one Ge(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. Both Zr(1)-Ru(1) bond lengths are 2.95 Å. Both Zr(1)-Ru(2) bond lengths are 3.20 Å. The Zr(1)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.78 Å. There are two shorter (2.74 Å) and two longer (2.78 Å) Zr(1)-Ge(1) bond lengths. In the second Zr site, Zr(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ru(2), four equivalent Ru(1), one Ge(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. Both Zr(2)-Ru(2) bond lengths are 2.97 Å. There are two shorter (2.87 Å) and two longer (2.94 Å) Zr(2)-Ru(1) bond lengths. The Zr(2)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.97 Å. All Zr(2)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.77 Å. In the third Zr site, Zr(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ru(1), two equivalent Ru(2), one Ge(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. Both Zr(3)-Ru(1) bond lengths are 2.97 Å. Both Zr(3)-Ru(2) bond lengths are 2.96 Å. The Zr(3)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.80 Å. There are two shorter (2.75 Å) and two longer (2.78 Å) Zr(3)-Ge(1) bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Ru sites. In the first Ru site, Ru(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Zr(1), one Zr(3), two equivalent Zr(2), one Ru(2), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Ru(1)-Ru(2) bond length is 2.89 Å. There is one shorter (2.59 Å) and one longer (2.60 Å) Ru(1)-Ge(1) bond length. There is one shorter (2.51 Å) and one longer (2.54 Å) Ru(1)-Ge(2) bond length. In the second Ru site, Ru(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Zr(1), two equivalent Zr(2), two equivalent Zr(3), two equivalent Ru(1), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms. Both Ru(2)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.62 Å. Both Ru(2)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 2.56 Å. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Zr(1), two equivalent Zr(2), two equivalent Zr(3), one Ru(2), and two equivalent Ru(1) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Zr(1), one Zr(2), one Zr(3), two equivalent Ru(2), and four equivalent Ru(1) atoms.