TmScGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Amm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Tm sites. In the first Tm site, Tm(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sc(2), one Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Tm site, Tm(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sc(2), four equivalent Sc(1), one Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(4) atoms. In the third Tm site, Tm(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sc(2), one Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the fourth Tm site, Tm(4) is bonded to one Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing TmGe7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are two inequivalent Sc sites. In the first Sc site, Sc(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Tm(2), two equivalent Sc(2), one Ge(2), one Ge(4), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Sc site, Sc(2) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to one Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(3), four equivalent Sc(1), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. There are four inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Tm(2), one Tm(4), two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(3), two equivalent Sc(2), and one Ge(1) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(4), and four equivalent Sc(1) atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Tm(4), two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(3), two equivalent Sc(2), and four equivalent Sc(1) atoms. In the fourth Ge site, Ge(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Tm(4), two equivalent Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(3), and four equivalent Sc(1) atoms.
TmScGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Amm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Tm sites. In the first Tm site, Tm(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sc(2), one Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. There is one shorter (3.04 Å) and one longer (3.20 Å) Tm(1)-Sc(2) bond length. The Tm(1)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.85 Å. Both Tm(1)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.82 Å. Both Tm(1)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 3.27 Å. In the second Tm site, Tm(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sc(2), four equivalent Sc(1), one Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(4) atoms. Both Tm(2)-Sc(2) bond lengths are 2.98 Å. All Tm(2)-Sc(1) bond lengths are 3.32 Å. The Tm(2)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.84 Å. Both Tm(2)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.86 Å. Both Tm(2)-Ge(4) bond lengths are 3.19 Å. In the third Tm site, Tm(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sc(2), one Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. Both Tm(3)-Sc(2) bond lengths are 3.21 Å. The Tm(3)-Ge(4) bond length is 3.09 Å. Both Tm(3)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.81 Å. There is one shorter (2.88 Å) and one longer (3.31 Å) Tm(3)-Ge(3) bond length. In the fourth Tm site, Tm(4) is bonded to one Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing TmGe7 pentagonal bipyramids. The Tm(4)-Ge(4) bond length is 3.14 Å. Both Tm(4)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 3.05 Å. Both Tm(4)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 3.29 Å. Both Tm(4)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 2.99 Å. There are two inequivalent Sc sites. In the first Sc site, Sc(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Tm(2), two equivalent Sc(2), one Ge(2), one Ge(4), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. There is one shorter (3.21 Å) and one longer (3.31 Å) Sc(1)-Sc(2) bond length. The Sc(1)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.95 Å. The Sc(1)-Ge(4) bond length is 2.92 Å. There is one shorter (3.10 Å) and one longer (3.25 Å) Sc(1)-Ge(3) bond length. In the second Sc site, Sc(2) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to one Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(3), four equivalent Sc(1), two equivalent Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. Both Sc(2)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 3.41 Å. Both Sc(2)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 3.60 Å. There are four inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Tm(2), one Tm(4), two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(3), two equivalent Sc(2), and one Ge(1) atom. The Ge(1)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.57 Å. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(4), and four equivalent Sc(1) atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Tm(4), two equivalent Tm(1), two equivalent Tm(3), two equivalent Sc(2), and four equivalent Sc(1) atoms. In the fourth Ge site, Ge(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Tm(4), two equivalent Tm(2), two equivalent Tm(3), and four equivalent Sc(1) atoms.