ChemInform Abstract: Cd4Cu7As, the First Representative of a Fully Ordered, Orthorhombically Distorted MgCu2 Laves Phase.

The title compound, the first intermetallic compound in the Cu—Cd—As system, is synthesized by solid state reaction of a stoichiometric mixture of the elements (1000 °C, 63 h) and characterized by powder and single crystal XRD, DFT electronic structure calculations, and magnetic measurements.