Rb2Te crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. There are two inequivalent Rb sites. In the first Rb site, Rb(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Te(1) atoms. In the second Rb site, Rb(2) is bonded to five equivalent Te(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing RbTe5 trigonal bipyramids. Te(1) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Rb(2) and six equivalent Rb(1) atoms.
Rb2Te crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. There are two inequivalent Rb sites. In the first Rb site, Rb(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Te(1) atoms. There are a spread of Rb(1)-Te(1) bond distances ranging from 4.03-4.06 Å. In the second Rb site, Rb(2) is bonded to five equivalent Te(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing RbTe5 trigonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Rb(2)-Te(1) bond distances ranging from 3.52-3.99 Å. Te(1) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Rb(2) and six equivalent Rb(1) atoms.