Yb3DySb3 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cc space group. There are three inequivalent Yb sites. In the first Yb site, Yb(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sb(1), two equivalent Sb(2), and two equivalent Sb(3) atoms. In the second Yb site, Yb(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sb(1), two equivalent Sb(2), and two equivalent Sb(3) atoms. In the third Yb site, Yb(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sb(1), two equivalent Sb(2), and two equivalent Sb(3) atoms. Dy(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sb(1), two equivalent Sb(2), and two equivalent Sb(3) atoms. There are three inequivalent Sb sites. In the first Sb site, Sb(1) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing SbYb6Dy2 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Sb site, Sb(2) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing SbYb6Dy2 hexagonal bipyramids. In the third Sb site, Sb(3) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing SbYb6Dy2 hexagonal bipyramids.
Yb3DySb3 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cc space group. There are three inequivalent Yb sites. In the first Yb site, Yb(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sb(1), two equivalent Sb(2), and two equivalent Sb(3) atoms. There is one shorter (3.12 Å) and one longer (3.36 Å) Yb(1)-Sb(1) bond length. There is one shorter (3.32 Å) and one longer (3.34 Å) Yb(1)-Sb(2) bond length. There is one shorter (3.12 Å) and one longer (3.15 Å) Yb(1)-Sb(3) bond length. In the second Yb site, Yb(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sb(1), two equivalent Sb(2), and two equivalent Sb(3) atoms. There is one shorter (3.13 Å) and one longer (3.35 Å) Yb(2)-Sb(1) bond length. There is one shorter (3.14 Å) and one longer (3.35 Å) Yb(2)-Sb(2) bond length. There is one shorter (3.15 Å) and one longer (3.36 Å) Yb(2)-Sb(3) bond length. In the third Yb site, Yb(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sb(1), two equivalent Sb(2), and two equivalent Sb(3) atoms. There is one shorter (3.16 Å) and one longer (3.35 Å) Yb(3)-Sb(1) bond length. There is one shorter (3.14 Å) and one longer (3.32 Å) Yb(3)-Sb(2) bond length. There is one shorter (3.12 Å) and one longer (3.38 Å) Yb(3)-Sb(3) bond length. Dy(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sb(1), two equivalent Sb(2), and two equivalent Sb(3) atoms. There is one shorter (3.07 Å) and one longer (3.30 Å) Dy(1)-Sb(1) bond length. There is one shorter (3.08 Å) and one longer (3.09 Å) Dy(1)-Sb(2) bond length. There is one shorter (3.30 Å) and one longer (3.32 Å) Dy(1)-Sb(3) bond length. There are three inequivalent Sb sites. In the first Sb site, Sb(1) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing SbYb6Dy2 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Sb site, Sb(2) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing SbYb6Dy2 hexagonal bipyramids. In the third Sb site, Sb(3) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing SbYb6Dy2 hexagonal bipyramids.