LiGe3 is Uranium Silicide-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. Li(1) is bonded to four equivalent Ge(2) and eight equivalent Ge(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner, face, and edge-sharing LiGe12 cuboctahedra. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded to four equivalent Li(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing GeLi4 cuboctahedra. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent Li(1) atoms.
LiGe3 is Uranium Silicide-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. Li(1) is bonded to four equivalent Ge(2) and eight equivalent Ge(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner, face, and edge-sharing LiGe12 cuboctahedra. All Li(1)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 2.89 Å. All Li(1)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.98 Å. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded to four equivalent Li(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing GeLi4 cuboctahedra. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent Li(1) atoms.