DyPdGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmn space group. There are three inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Pd(1), three equivalent Pd(2), three equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(2), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ge(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), four equivalent Pd(2), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(2), three equivalent Dy(1), one Pd(1), one Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(3), three equivalent Dy(1), one Ge(2), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(2), three equivalent Dy(1), one Pd(1), and three equivalent Pd(2) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(3), three equivalent Dy(1), one Pd(2), two equivalent Pd(1), and one Ge(2) atom.
DyPdGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmn space group. There are three inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Pd(1), three equivalent Pd(2), three equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There is one shorter (2.91 Å) and two longer (3.11 Å) Dy(1)-Pd(1) bond lengths. There are two shorter (2.96 Å) and one longer (3.08 Å) Dy(1)-Pd(2) bond length. There are two shorter (3.01 Å) and one longer (3.18 Å) Dy(1)-Ge(1) bond length. There is one shorter (3.13 Å) and two longer (3.16 Å) Dy(1)-Ge(2) bond lengths. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(2), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ge(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. Both Dy(2)-Pd(2) bond lengths are 3.06 Å. All Dy(2)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.10 Å. Both Dy(2)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 3.16 Å. All Dy(2)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 3.09 Å. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), four equivalent Pd(2), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(2) atoms. Both Dy(3)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.18 Å. All Dy(3)-Pd(2) bond lengths are 3.19 Å. Both Dy(3)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.99 Å. All Dy(3)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 2.99 Å. There are two inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(2), three equivalent Dy(1), one Pd(1), one Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Pd(1)-Pd(1) bond length is 3.03 Å. The Pd(1)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.53 Å. Both Pd(1)-Ge(2) bond lengths are 2.51 Å. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(3), three equivalent Dy(1), one Ge(2), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. The Pd(2)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.57 Å. There are two shorter (2.54 Å) and one longer (2.79 Å) Pd(2)-Ge(1) bond length. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(2), three equivalent Dy(1), one Pd(1), and three equivalent Pd(2) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(3), three equivalent Dy(1), one Pd(2), two equivalent Pd(1), and one Ge(2) atom. The Ge(2)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.69 Å.