HoPdGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Ho sites. In the first Ho site, Ho(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(1), three equivalent Pd(2), one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the second Ho site, Ho(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(1), two equivalent Pd(3), three equivalent Pd(2), one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the third Ho site, Ho(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), four equivalent Pd(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the fourth Ho site, Ho(4) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(3), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are three inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ho(2), one Ho(3), two equivalent Ho(1), two equivalent Ho(4), one Pd(1), one Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ho(1), three equivalent Ho(2), one Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the third Pd site, Pd(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ho(1), one Ho(4), two equivalent Ho(2), two equivalent Ho(3), one Ge(2), one Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ho(2), one Ho(3), two equivalent Ho(1), two equivalent Ho(4), one Pd(1), one Pd(2), and two equivalent Pd(3) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ho(1), three equivalent Ho(2), one Pd(3), and three equivalent Pd(2) atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ho(1), one Ho(4), two equivalent Ho(2), two equivalent Ho(3), one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(1), and one Ge(3) atom.
HoPdGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Ho sites. In the first Ho site, Ho(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(1), three equivalent Pd(2), one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Ho(1)-Pd(3) bond length is 3.11 Å. Both Ho(1)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.14 Å. All Ho(1)-Pd(2) bond lengths are 3.05 Å. The Ho(1)-Ge(3) bond length is 3.15 Å. Both Ho(1)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 3.08 Å. There are two shorter (3.13 Å) and one longer (3.25 Å) Ho(1)-Ge(2) bond length. In the second Ho site, Ho(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(1), two equivalent Pd(3), three equivalent Pd(2), one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Ho(2)-Pd(1) bond length is 2.95 Å. Both Ho(2)-Pd(3) bond lengths are 3.02 Å. There is one shorter (3.13 Å) and two longer (3.21 Å) Ho(2)-Pd(2) bond lengths. The Ho(2)-Ge(1) bond length is 3.28 Å. Both Ho(2)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 3.20 Å. There are two shorter (3.03 Å) and one longer (3.08 Å) Ho(2)-Ge(2) bond length. In the third Ho site, Ho(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), four equivalent Pd(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(3) atoms. Both Ho(3)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.21 Å. All Ho(3)-Pd(3) bond lengths are 3.25 Å. Both Ho(3)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.99 Å. All Ho(3)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 3.01 Å. In the fourth Ho site, Ho(4) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(3), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. Both Ho(4)-Pd(3) bond lengths are 3.12 Å. All Ho(4)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.13 Å. Both Ho(4)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 3.22 Å. All Ho(4)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 3.09 Å. There are three inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ho(2), one Ho(3), two equivalent Ho(1), two equivalent Ho(4), one Pd(1), one Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. The Pd(1)-Pd(1) bond length is 3.03 Å. The Pd(1)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.58 Å. Both Pd(1)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 2.56 Å. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ho(1), three equivalent Ho(2), one Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Pd(2)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.90 Å. There are two shorter (2.56 Å) and one longer (2.60 Å) Pd(2)-Ge(2) bond length. In the third Pd site, Pd(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ho(1), one Ho(4), two equivalent Ho(2), two equivalent Ho(3), one Ge(2), one Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms. The Pd(3)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.75 Å. The Pd(3)-Ge(3) bond length is 2.63 Å. Both Pd(3)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.57 Å. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ho(2), one Ho(3), two equivalent Ho(1), two equivalent Ho(4), one Pd(1), one Pd(2), and two equivalent Pd(3) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ho(1), three equivalent Ho(2), one Pd(3), and three equivalent Pd(2) atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ho(1), one Ho(4), two equivalent Ho(2), two equivalent Ho(3), one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(1), and one Ge(3) atom. The Ge(3)-Ge(3) bond length is 2.71 Å.