Dy5Rh3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mcm space group. There are two inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded to six equivalent Rh(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing DyRh6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 35°. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Rh(1) atoms. Rh(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Dy(1) and five equivalent Dy(2) atoms.
Dy5Rh3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mcm space group. There are two inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded to six equivalent Rh(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing DyRh6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 35°. All Dy(1)-Rh(1) bond lengths are 3.00 Å. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Rh(1) atoms. There are a spread of Dy(2)-Rh(1) bond distances ranging from 2.86-3.34 Å. Rh(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Dy(1) and five equivalent Dy(2) atoms.