YbCl2 is Baddeleyite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbca space group. Yb(1) is bonded to three equivalent Cl(2) and four equivalent Cl(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing YbCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ClYb4 tetrahedra. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Yb(1) atoms.
YbCl2 is Baddeleyite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbca space group. Yb(1) is bonded to three equivalent Cl(2) and four equivalent Cl(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing YbCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Yb(1)-Cl(2) bond distances ranging from 2.70-2.79 Å. There are a spread of Yb(1)-Cl(1) bond distances ranging from 2.78-2.82 Å. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ClYb4 tetrahedra. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Yb(1) atoms.