V5BGe3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mcm space group. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(1) and six equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to two equivalent B(1) and five equivalent Ge(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing VGe5B2 pentagonal bipyramids. B(1) is bonded to six equivalent V(2) atoms to form face-sharing BV6 octahedra. Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent V(1) and five equivalent V(2) atoms.
V5BGe3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mcm space group. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(1) and six equivalent Ge(1) atoms. Both V(1)-V(1) bond lengths are 2.45 Å. All V(1)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.55 Å. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to two equivalent B(1) and five equivalent Ge(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing VGe5B2 pentagonal bipyramids. Both V(2)-B(1) bond lengths are 2.16 Å. There are a spread of V(2)-Ge(1) bond distances ranging from 2.55-2.71 Å. B(1) is bonded to six equivalent V(2) atoms to form face-sharing BV6 octahedra. Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent V(1) and five equivalent V(2) atoms.