Ba(HoTe2)2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Ba(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Te(1), two equivalent Te(2), two equivalent Te(3), and two equivalent Te(4) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ho sites. In the first Ho site, Ho(1) is bonded to one Te(3), two equivalent Te(1), and three equivalent Te(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing HoTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-58°. In the second Ho site, Ho(2) is bonded to one Te(1), two equivalent Te(3), and three equivalent Te(4) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing HoTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-58°. There are four inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1), one Ho(2), and two equivalent Ho(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeBa2Ho3 trigonal bipyramids. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1) and three equivalent Ho(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeBa2Ho3 square pyramids. In the third Te site, Te(3) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba(1), one Ho(1), and two equivalent Ho(2) atoms. In the fourth Te site, Te(4) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1) and three equivalent Ho(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeBa2Ho3 trigonal bipyramids.
Ba(HoTe2)2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Ba(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Te(1), two equivalent Te(2), two equivalent Te(3), and two equivalent Te(4) atoms. There is one shorter (3.72 Å) and one longer (3.74 Å) Ba(1)-Te(1) bond length. Both Ba(1)-Te(2) bond lengths are 3.56 Å. Both Ba(1)-Te(3) bond lengths are 3.59 Å. Both Ba(1)-Te(4) bond lengths are 3.59 Å. There are two inequivalent Ho sites. In the first Ho site, Ho(1) is bonded to one Te(3), two equivalent Te(1), and three equivalent Te(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing HoTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-58°. The Ho(1)-Te(3) bond length is 3.13 Å. Both Ho(1)-Te(1) bond lengths are 3.04 Å. There is one shorter (3.06 Å) and two longer (3.08 Å) Ho(1)-Te(2) bond lengths. In the second Ho site, Ho(2) is bonded to one Te(1), two equivalent Te(3), and three equivalent Te(4) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing HoTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-58°. The Ho(2)-Te(1) bond length is 3.07 Å. Both Ho(2)-Te(3) bond lengths are 3.11 Å. There is one shorter (3.04 Å) and two longer (3.08 Å) Ho(2)-Te(4) bond lengths. There are four inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1), one Ho(2), and two equivalent Ho(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeBa2Ho3 trigonal bipyramids. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1) and three equivalent Ho(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeBa2Ho3 square pyramids. In the third Te site, Te(3) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba(1), one Ho(1), and two equivalent Ho(2) atoms. In the fourth Te site, Te(4) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1) and three equivalent Ho(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeBa2Ho3 trigonal bipyramids.