YbO3 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent O(1), three equivalent O(2), and four equivalent O(3) atoms. There are three inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Yb(1) atoms. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb(1) atoms. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OYb4 tetrahedra.
YbO3 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent O(1), three equivalent O(2), and four equivalent O(3) atoms. There is one shorter (2.36 Å) and two longer (2.38 Å) Yb(1)-O(1) bond lengths. There are two shorter (2.41 Å) and one longer (2.63 Å) Yb(1)-O(2) bond length. There are a spread of Yb(1)-O(3) bond distances ranging from 2.37-2.44 Å. There are three inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Yb(1) atoms. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb(1) atoms. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OYb4 tetrahedra.