LuO(OH) crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmn2_1 space group. Lu(1) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing LuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-57°. H(1) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one O(1) and one O(2) atom. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three equivalent Lu(1) and one H(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to three equivalent Lu(1) and one H(1) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLu3H tetrahedra.
LuO(OH) crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmn2_1 space group. Lu(1) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing LuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-57°. There are two shorter (2.29 Å) and one longer (2.31 Å) Lu(1)-O(1) bond length. There is one shorter (2.13 Å) and two longer (2.15 Å) Lu(1)-O(2) bond lengths. H(1) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one O(1) and one O(2) atom. The H(1)-O(1) bond length is 1.01 Å. The H(1)-O(2) bond length is 1.65 Å. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three equivalent Lu(1) and one H(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to three equivalent Lu(1) and one H(1) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLu3H tetrahedra.