YbMo6S8 crystallizes in the trigonal R-3 space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent S(1) and six equivalent S(2) atoms. Mo(1) is bonded to one S(1) and four equivalent S(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing MoS5 square pyramids. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Yb(1) and three equivalent Mo(1) atoms. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to one Yb(1) and four equivalent Mo(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing SYbMo4 trigonal bipyramids.
YbMo6S8 crystallizes in the trigonal R-3 space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent S(1) and six equivalent S(2) atoms. Both Yb(1)-S(1) bond lengths are 2.72 Å. All Yb(1)-S(2) bond lengths are 3.05 Å. Mo(1) is bonded to one S(1) and four equivalent S(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing MoS5 square pyramids. The Mo(1)-S(1) bond length is 2.40 Å. There are a spread of Mo(1)-S(2) bond distances ranging from 2.44-2.58 Å. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Yb(1) and three equivalent Mo(1) atoms. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to one Yb(1) and four equivalent Mo(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing SYbMo4 trigonal bipyramids.