HoO2 is Baddeleyite-like structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Ho(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Ho(1) atoms. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to four equivalent Ho(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OHo4 tetrahedra.
HoO2 is Baddeleyite-like structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Ho(1) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(2) atoms. There is one shorter (2.31 Å) and two longer (2.44 Å) Ho(1)-O(1) bond lengths. There are a spread of Ho(1)-O(2) bond distances ranging from 2.24-2.27 Å. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Ho(1) atoms. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to four equivalent Ho(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OHo4 tetrahedra.