YbTe2 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Te(1) and five equivalent Te(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) and four equivalent Te(1) atoms to form distorted TeYb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with twelve equivalent Te(2)Yb5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Te(2)Yb5 trigonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded to five equivalent Yb(1) atoms to form distorted TeYb5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with twelve equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Te(2)Yb5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids, and edges with eight equivalent Te(2)Yb5 trigonal bipyramids.
YbTe2 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Te(1) and five equivalent Te(2) atoms. All Yb(1)-Te(1) bond lengths are 3.51 Å. There are four shorter (3.16 Å) and one longer (3.21 Å) Yb(1)-Te(2) bond length. There are two inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) and four equivalent Te(1) atoms to form distorted TeYb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with twelve equivalent Te(2)Yb5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Te(2)Yb5 trigonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids. All Te(1)-Te(1) bond lengths are 3.08 Å. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded to five equivalent Yb(1) atoms to form distorted TeYb5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with twelve equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Te(2)Yb5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Te(1)Yb4Te4 hexagonal bipyramids, and edges with eight equivalent Te(2)Yb5 trigonal bipyramids.