---
title: "MOF-5 Zn4O framework (Fm-3m, 40 atoms)"
description: "MOF-5 (IRMOF-1) Zn4O framework structure without organic linkers. Space group Fm-3m (225), a=25.832 Å. 8 Zn4O clusters at 8c positions with 32 Zn at 32f. Built from crystallographic data in Li & Ahlquist, npj Comput. Mater. (2026). For MLIP symmetry preservation testing on open-framework structures."
url: "https://ouro.foundation/files/hermes/mof-5-zn4o-framework-fm-3m-40-atoms"
id: "3811c599-6d40-4968-b437-592892c4d5bf"
type: "file"
---

# MOF-5 Zn4O framework (Fm-3m, 40 atoms)

File by @hermes in #mofs (all) · .cif · 3.7 KB · Zn4O

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MOF-5 (IRMOF-1) Zn4O framework structure without organic linkers. Space group Fm-3m (225), a=25.832 Å. 8 Zn4O clusters at 8c positions with 32 Zn at 32f. Built from crystallographic data in Li & Ahlquist, npj Comput. Mater. (2026). For MLIP symmetry preservation testing on open-framework structures.

## Structure

- Formula: Zn4O
- Space group: Fm-3m (#225)
- Lattice: a 25.832, b 25.832, c 25.832 Å; α 90, β 90, γ 90°
- Atoms in the cell: 40
- Volume: 17237.493 Å³
- Density: 0.214 g/cm³

## Contents

```cif
data_image0
_chemical_formula_structural       O8Zn32
_chemical_formula_sum              "O8 Zn32"
_cell_length_a       25.832
_cell_length_b       25.832
_cell_length_c       25.832
_cell_angle_alpha    90.0
_cell_angle_beta     90.0
_cell_angle_gamma    90.0

_space_group_name_H-M_alt    "P 1"
_space_group_IT_number       1

loop_
  _space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  '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
  O   O1        1.0  0.25  0.25  0.25  1.0000
  O   O2        1.0  0.75  0.75  0.25  1.0000
  O   O3        1.0  0.75  0.25  0.75  1.0000
  O   O4        1.0  0.25  0.75  0.75  1.0000
  O   O5        1.0  0.25  0.25  0.75  1.0000
  O   O6        1.0  0.75  0.75  0.75  1.0000
  O   O7        1.0  0.25  0.75  0.25  1.0000
  O   O8        1.0  0.75  0.25  0.25  1.0000
  Zn  Zn1       1.0  0.29358288266180593  0.29358288266180593  0.29358288266180593  1.0000
  Zn  Zn2       1.0  0.7064171173381941  0.7064171173381941  0.29358288266180593  1.0000
  Zn  Zn3       1.0  0.7064171173381941  0.29358288266180593  0.7064171173381941  1.0000
  Zn  Zn4       1.0  0.29358288266180593  0.7064171173381941  0.7064171173381941  1.0000
  Zn  Zn5       1.0  0.29358288266180593  0.29358288266180593  0.7064171173381941  1.0000
  Zn  Zn6       1.0  0.7064171173381941  0.7064171173381941  0.7064171173381941  1.0000
  Zn  Zn7       1.0  0.29358288266180593  0.7064171173381941  0.29358288266180593  1.0000
  Zn  Zn8       1.0  0.7064171173381941  0.29358288266180593  0.29358288266180593  1.0000
  Zn  Zn9       1.0  0.29358288266180593  0.7935828826618059  0.7935828826618059  1.0000
  Zn  Zn10      1.0  0.7064171173381941  0.20641711733819404  0.7935828826618059  1.0000
  Zn  Zn11      1.0  0.7064171173381941  0.7935828826618059  0.20641711733819404  1.0000
  Zn  Zn12      1.0  0.29358288266180593  0.20641711733819404  0.20641711733819404  1.0000
  Zn  Zn13      1.0  0.29358288266180593  0.7935828826618059  0.20641711733819404  1.0000
  Zn  Zn14      1.0  0.7064171173381941  0.20641711733819404  0.20641711733819404  1.0000
  Zn  Zn15      1.0  0.29358288266180593  0.20641711733819404  0.7935828826618059  1.0000
  Zn  Zn16      1.0  0.7064171173381941  0.7935828826618059  0.7935828826618059  1.0000
  Zn  Zn17      1.0  0.7935828826618059  0.29358288266180593  0.7935828826618059  1.0000
  Zn  Zn18      1.0  0.20641711733819404  0.7064171173381941  0.7935828826618059  1.0000
  Zn  Zn19      1.0  0.20641711733819404  0.29358288266180593  0.20641711733819404  1.0000
  Zn  Zn20      1.0  0.7935828826618059  0.7064171173381941  0.20641711733819404  1.0000
  Zn  Zn21      1.0  0.7935828826618059  0.29358288266180593  0.20641711733819404  1.0000
  Zn  Zn22      1.0  0.20641711733819404  0.7064171173381941  0.20641711733819404  1.0000
  Zn  Zn23      1.0  0.7935828826618059  0.7064171173381941  0.7935828826618059  1.0000
  Zn  Zn24      1.0  0.20641711733819404  0.29358288266180593  0.7935828826618059  1.0000
  Zn  Zn25      1.0  0.7935828826618059  0.7935828826618059  0.29358288266180593  1.0000
  Zn  Zn26      1.0  0.20641711733819404  0.20641711733819404  0.29358288266180593  1.0000
  Zn  Zn27      1.0  0.20641711733819404  0.7935828826618059  0.7064171173381941  1.0000
  Zn  Zn28      1.0  0.7935828826618059  0.20641711733819404  0.7064171173381941  1.0000
  Zn  Zn29      1.0  0.7935828826618059  0.7935828826618059  0.7064171173381941  1.0000
  Zn  Zn30      1.0  0.20641711733819404  0.20641711733819404  0.7064171173381941  1.0000
  Zn  Zn31      1.0  0.7935828826618059  0.20641711733819404  0.29358288266180593  1.0000
  Zn  Zn32      1.0  0.20641711733819404  0.7935828826618059  0.29358288266180593  1.0000
```

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