data_global
_amcsd_formula_title 'Hg3(AlCl4)2'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Ellison R'
'Levy H'
'Fung K'
_journal_name_full 'Inorganic Chemistry'
_journal_volume 11 
_journal_year 1972
_journal_page_first 833
_journal_page_last 836
_publ_section_title
;
 Crystal and molecular structure of trimercury chloroaluminate, Hg3(AlCl4)2
 _cod_database_code 1008052
;
_database_code_amcsd 0015994
_chemical_formula_sum 'Hg3 Al2 Cl8'
_cell_length_a 7.1321
_cell_length_b 15.0468
_cell_length_c 14.1771
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 99.050
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 1502.480
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      4.153
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1 21/c 1'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  'x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
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_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
Hg1  -0.18404   0.13704   0.10988
Hg2  -0.00717   0.25968   0.03601
Hg3  -0.36836   0.02510   0.19604
Al1   0.39421   0.31796  -0.09490
Cl1   0.31815   0.32796  -0.24468
Cl2   0.40606   0.18420  -0.04485
Cl3   0.17632   0.38322  -0.02709
Cl4   0.64602   0.39109  -0.04707
Al2  -0.80499  -0.10232   0.22323
Cl5  -0.84623  -0.23794   0.18960
Cl6  -0.51528  -0.08778   0.29828
Cl7  -0.99464  -0.06305   0.31540
Cl8  -0.82452  -0.02137   0.09877