La11Ni4In9 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmmm space group. There are five inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ni(1), two equivalent In(3), and four equivalent In(2) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent In(2) atoms. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ni(1), two equivalent In(2), and four equivalent In(1) atoms. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent In(1) and four equivalent In(2) atoms. In the fifth La site, La(5) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ni(1), two equivalent In(3), and four equivalent In(1) atoms. Ni(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(3), two equivalent La(5), one In(1), one In(2), and one In(3) atom. There are three inequivalent In sites. In the first In site, In(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La(4), two equivalent La(5), four equivalent La(3), one Ni(1), and one In(1) atom. In the second In site, In(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), two equivalent La(4), one Ni(1), and one In(2) atom. In the third In site, In(3) is bonded to four equivalent La(1), four equivalent La(5), and four equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form face-sharing InLa8Ni4 cuboctahedra.
La11Ni4In9 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmmm space group. There are five inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ni(1), two equivalent In(3), and four equivalent In(2) atoms. All La(1)-Ni(1) bond lengths are 3.04 Å. Both La(1)-In(3) bond lengths are 3.41 Å. All La(1)-In(2) bond lengths are 3.47 Å. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent In(2) atoms. All La(2)-In(2) bond lengths are 3.37 Å. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ni(1), two equivalent In(2), and four equivalent In(1) atoms. Both La(3)-Ni(1) bond lengths are 2.84 Å. Both La(3)-In(2) bond lengths are 3.31 Å. There are two shorter (3.33 Å) and two longer (3.66 Å) La(3)-In(1) bond lengths. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent In(1) and four equivalent In(2) atoms. All La(4)-In(1) bond lengths are 3.39 Å. All La(4)-In(2) bond lengths are 3.66 Å. In the fifth La site, La(5) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ni(1), two equivalent In(3), and four equivalent In(1) atoms. All La(5)-Ni(1) bond lengths are 3.08 Å. Both La(5)-In(3) bond lengths are 3.41 Å. All La(5)-In(1) bond lengths are 3.48 Å. Ni(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(3), two equivalent La(5), one In(1), one In(2), and one In(3) atom. The Ni(1)-In(1) bond length is 3.08 Å. The Ni(1)-In(2) bond length is 2.99 Å. The Ni(1)-In(3) bond length is 3.30 Å. There are three inequivalent In sites. In the first In site, In(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La(4), two equivalent La(5), four equivalent La(3), one Ni(1), and one In(1) atom. The In(1)-In(1) bond length is 3.03 Å. In the second In site, In(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), two equivalent La(4), one Ni(1), and one In(2) atom. The In(2)-In(2) bond length is 3.10 Å. In the third In site, In(3) is bonded to four equivalent La(1), four equivalent La(5), and four equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form face-sharing InLa8Ni4 cuboctahedra.