data_MgVAs2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.55
_cell_length_b   5.55
_cell_length_c   5.55
_cell_angle_alpha   140.18
_cell_angle_beta   140.18
_cell_angle_gamma   57.58
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgVAs2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg1 V1 As2'
_cell_volume   69.59
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.0  0.0  0.0  1.0
  V  V3  1  0.89  0.0  0.43  1.0
  As  As0  1  0.0  0.0  0.87  1.0
  As  As1  1  0.0  0.89  0.43  1.0

data_MgVAs2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   P1
_cell_length_a   3.78
_cell_length_b   3.78
_cell_length_c   5.55
_cell_angle_alpha   109.91
_cell_angle_beta   109.91
_cell_angle_gamma   90.0
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgVAs2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg1 V1 As2'
_cell_volume   69.59
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Mg  Mg0  1  0.0  0.0  0.0  1.0
  V  V1  1  0.43  0.54  0.54  1.0
  As  As2  1  0.54  0.43  0.54  1.0
  As  As3  1  0.87  0.87  0.87  1.0

Mg V As As
Mg V As As 0 2 o o - 1 3 + - o 
MgAsAsV crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of one arsanylidynevanadium molecule and one MgAs cluster. In the MgAs cluster, Mg(1) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one As(1) atom. The Mg(1)-As(1) bond length is 0.74 Å. As(1) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Mg(1) atom.