The crystal structure of gadolinium trichloride hexahydrate

Abstract

All atomic positions (except for hydrogen) were determined with high precision. The structure contains complexes Cl.~(Id(()H.,)6 ] which are heht togother by ()--H • • • C1 bonds. Thus one third of the chlorine atoms are not bonded to gadolinium atoms. The only symmetry element of a complex is a twofoht axis. The bond lengths are