“…Both short and long bond lengths are observed: The bismuth atoms typically coordinate more tightly with three or four atoms on one side (bond lengths 2.10-2.40 A s ) and less tightly with three, four, or five atoms on the other side (bond lengths 2.40-2.90 A s ). These two bunches of neighbors clearly involve the 6s lone pair steric effect and correspond to the two distinct Bi-O length ranges, 2.08-2.29 A s and 2.48-2.80 A s , observed in -Bi O (20). In Bi V ClO , if only the short distances on one side are considered, Bi(1), Bi(4), Bi(7), and Bi(8) are surrounded by three oxygen atoms, forming with the bismuth atom trigonal pyramids whereas Bi(2), Bi(3), Bi(5), Bi (6), and Bi (9) are surrounded by four oxygens, leading to BiO square …”