TbPS crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. There are two inequivalent Tb sites. In the first Tb site, Tb(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent P(1), two equivalent S(2), and three equivalent S(1) atoms. In the second Tb site, Tb(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent P(1), two equivalent S(1), and three equivalent S(2) atoms. P(1) is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to two equivalent Tb(1), two equivalent Tb(2), and two equivalent P(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to two equivalent Tb(2) and three equivalent Tb(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing STb5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to two equivalent Tb(1) and three equivalent Tb(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing STb5 trigonal bipyramids.
TbPS crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. There are two inequivalent Tb sites. In the first Tb site, Tb(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent P(1), two equivalent S(2), and three equivalent S(1) atoms. There are two shorter (3.11 Å) and two longer (3.13 Å) Tb(1)-P(1) bond lengths. Both Tb(1)-S(2) bond lengths are 2.78 Å. There are a spread of Tb(1)-S(1) bond distances ranging from 2.82-2.90 Å. In the second Tb site, Tb(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent P(1), two equivalent S(1), and three equivalent S(2) atoms. There are two shorter (2.91 Å) and two longer (3.12 Å) Tb(2)-P(1) bond lengths. Both Tb(2)-S(1) bond lengths are 2.76 Å. There are a spread of Tb(2)-S(2) bond distances ranging from 2.74-2.84 Å. P(1) is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to two equivalent Tb(1), two equivalent Tb(2), and two equivalent P(1) atoms. There is one shorter (2.23 Å) and one longer (2.25 Å) P(1)-P(1) bond length. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to two equivalent Tb(2) and three equivalent Tb(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing STb5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to two equivalent Tb(1) and three equivalent Tb(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing STb5 trigonal bipyramids.