“…1,2,8 TiOCl and TiOBr crystallize in the FeOCl structure type with the orthorhombic space group Pmmn and lattice parameters a = 3.778, b = 3.355, and c = 8.027 Å for TiOCl at room temperature. 17 Diffraction studies and crystal structures may guide the development of microscopic models explaining physical properties and phase diagrams, because the observed structural distortions point at particular interactions between atoms, while they can exclude other models. 2,3,6,9,14,18,19 However, determination of the structural distortions is often not straightforward, because of the possibility of loss of point symmetry at a phase transition, while the formation of a supercell is unambiguously indicated by the superlattice reflections.…”