YbCd2 is Hexagonal Laves structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Cd(1) and nine equivalent Cd(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd(1) is bonded to six equivalent Yb(1) and six equivalent Cd(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CdYb6Cd6 cuboctahedra. In the second Cd site, Cd(2) is bonded to six equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Cd(1), and four equivalent Cd(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CdYb6Cd6 cuboctahedra.
YbCd2 is Hexagonal Laves structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Cd(1) and nine equivalent Cd(2) atoms. All Yb(1)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 3.49 Å. There are three shorter (3.35 Å) and six longer (3.48 Å) Yb(1)-Cd(2) bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd(1) is bonded to six equivalent Yb(1) and six equivalent Cd(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CdYb6Cd6 cuboctahedra. All Cd(1)-Cd(2) bond lengths are 2.94 Å. In the second Cd site, Cd(2) is bonded to six equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Cd(1), and four equivalent Cd(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CdYb6Cd6 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (2.91 Å) and two longer (3.07 Å) Cd(2)-Cd(2) bond lengths.