Yb3DySb3 crystallizes in the cubic P2_13 space group. There are three inequivalent Yb sites. In the first Yb site, Yb(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sb(1) atoms. In the second Yb site, Yb(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sb(1) atoms. In the third Yb site, Yb(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sb(1) atoms. Dy(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sb(1) atoms. 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 face, corner, and edge-sharing SbYb6Dy2 hexagonal bipyramids.
Yb3DySb3 crystallizes in the cubic P2_13 space group. There are three inequivalent Yb sites. In the first Yb site, Yb(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sb(1) atoms. There are three shorter (3.13 Å) and three longer (3.36 Å) Yb(1)-Sb(1) bond lengths. In the second Yb site, Yb(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sb(1) atoms. There are three shorter (3.13 Å) and three longer (3.32 Å) Yb(2)-Sb(1) bond lengths. In the third Yb site, Yb(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sb(1) atoms. There are three shorter (3.14 Å) and three longer (3.35 Å) Yb(3)-Sb(1) bond lengths. Dy(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sb(1) atoms. There are three shorter (3.08 Å) and three longer (3.34 Å) Dy(1)-Sb(1) bond lengths. 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 face, corner, and edge-sharing SbYb6Dy2 hexagonal bipyramids.