Li5Ni3(SnO5)2 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are five inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(10), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-9°. There are three inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-11°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-8°. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(7) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-11°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-12°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-11°. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(3), one Li(4), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-7°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(5), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-7°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(4), one Li(5), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(4), one Li(5), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-9°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Sn(1), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi4Sn2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-14°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(5), one Sn(1), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi4Sn2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(5), one Ni(1), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-14°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-11°. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Ni(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi4NiSn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(5), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi4NiSn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°.
Li5Ni3(SnO5)2 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are five inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(10), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. The Li(1)-O(10) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Li(1)-O(5) bond length is 2.15 Å. The Li(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.19 Å. The Li(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.24 Å. The Li(1)-O(8) bond length is 2.23 Å. The Li(1)-O(9) bond length is 2.18 Å. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. The Li(2)-O(10) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Li(2)-O(2) bond length is 2.45 Å. The Li(2)-O(5) bond length is 2.20 Å. The Li(2)-O(6) bond length is 2.24 Å. The Li(2)-O(7) bond length is 2.16 Å. The Li(2)-O(9) bond length is 2.24 Å. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. The Li(3)-O(1) bond length is 2.26 Å. The Li(3)-O(10) bond length is 2.14 Å. The Li(3)-O(5) bond length is 2.23 Å. The Li(3)-O(6) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Li(3)-O(8) bond length is 2.36 Å. The Li(3)-O(9) bond length is 2.09 Å. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. The Li(4)-O(1) bond length is 2.24 Å. The Li(4)-O(3) bond length is 2.15 Å. The Li(4)-O(4) bond length is 2.16 Å. The Li(4)-O(5) bond length is 2.25 Å. The Li(4)-O(8) bond length is 2.13 Å. The Li(4)-O(9) bond length is 2.11 Å. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-9°. The Li(5)-O(10) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Li(5)-O(2) bond length is 2.30 Å. The Li(5)-O(3) bond length is 2.14 Å. The Li(5)-O(4) bond length is 2.37 Å. The Li(5)-O(6) bond length is 2.29 Å. The Li(5)-O(7) bond length is 2.10 Å. There are three inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-11°. The Ni(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Ni(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.14 Å. The Ni(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Ni(1)-O(4) bond length is 2.15 Å. The Ni(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.06 Å. The Ni(1)-O(8) bond length is 2.09 Å. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-8°. The Ni(2)-O(1) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Ni(2)-O(2) bond length is 1.97 Å. The Ni(2)-O(3) bond length is 2.17 Å. The Ni(2)-O(4) bond length is 1.98 Å. The Ni(2)-O(8) bond length is 1.96 Å. The Ni(2)-O(9) bond length is 1.96 Å. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(7) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-11°. The Ni(3)-O(1) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Ni(3)-O(10) bond length is 2.09 Å. The Ni(3)-O(2) bond length is 2.13 Å. The Ni(3)-O(3) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Ni(3)-O(4) bond length is 2.14 Å. The Ni(3)-O(7) bond length is 2.08 Å. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-12°. The Sn(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.09 Å. The Sn(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.09 Å. The Sn(1)-O(5) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Sn(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.09 Å. The Sn(1)-O(8) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Sn(1)-O(9) bond length is 2.08 Å. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-11°. The Sn(2)-O(10) bond length is 2.06 Å. The Sn(2)-O(2) bond length is 2.13 Å. The Sn(2)-O(4) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Sn(2)-O(5) bond length is 2.08 Å. The Sn(2)-O(6) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Sn(2)-O(7) bond length is 2.10 Å. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(3), one Li(4), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-7°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(5), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-7°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(4), one Li(5), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(4), one Li(5), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-9°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Sn(1), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi4Sn2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-14°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(5), one Sn(1), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi4Sn2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(5), one Ni(1), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-14°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-11°. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Ni(2), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi4NiSn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4NiSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(5), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi4NiSn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4NiSn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Sn2 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Sn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°.