Dy5Ir2 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. There are three inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ir(1) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded to four equivalent Ir(1) atoms to form distorted edge-sharing DyIr4 tetrahedra. In the third Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ir(1) atoms. Ir(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(3), three equivalent Dy(1), and three equivalent Dy(2) atoms.
Dy5Ir2 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. There are three inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ir(1) atoms. There are a spread of Dy(1)-Ir(1) bond distances ranging from 2.75-3.45 Å. In the second Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded to four equivalent Ir(1) atoms to form distorted edge-sharing DyIr4 tetrahedra. There are two shorter (2.90 Å) and two longer (2.94 Å) Dy(3)-Ir(1) bond lengths. In the third Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ir(1) atoms. There are a spread of Dy(2)-Ir(1) bond distances ranging from 2.84-3.05 Å. Ir(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(3), three equivalent Dy(1), and three equivalent Dy(2) atoms.