LuPdGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Lu sites. In the first Lu site, Lu(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), four equivalent Pd(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Lu site, Lu(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(1), three equivalent Pd(2), one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the third Lu site, Lu(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(3), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the fourth Lu site, Lu(4) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(1), two equivalent Pd(3), three equivalent Pd(2), one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Lu(1), one Lu(4), two equivalent Lu(2), two equivalent Lu(3), one Ge(1), one Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Lu(2), three equivalent Lu(4), one Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the third Pd site, Pd(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Lu(2), one Lu(3), two equivalent Lu(1), two equivalent Lu(4), one Pd(3), one Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Lu(1), one Lu(4), two equivalent Lu(2), two equivalent Lu(3), one Pd(1), two equivalent Pd(3), and one Ge(1) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Lu(2), three equivalent Lu(4), one Pd(1), and three equivalent Pd(2) atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Lu(2), one Lu(3), two equivalent Lu(1), two equivalent Lu(4), one Pd(2), one Pd(3), and two equivalent Pd(1) atoms.
LuPdGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Lu sites. In the first Lu site, Lu(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), four equivalent Pd(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(3) atoms. Both Lu(1)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.10 Å. All Lu(1)-Pd(3) bond lengths are 3.11 Å. Both Lu(1)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 3.21 Å. All Lu(1)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 3.04 Å. In the second Lu site, Lu(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(1), three equivalent Pd(2), one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Lu(2)-Pd(3) bond length is 2.92 Å. Both Lu(2)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.00 Å. There is one shorter (3.10 Å) and two longer (3.19 Å) Lu(2)-Pd(2) bond lengths. The Lu(2)-Ge(3) bond length is 3.29 Å. Both Lu(2)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 3.15 Å. There are two shorter (3.01 Å) and one longer (3.05 Å) Lu(2)-Ge(2) bond length. In the third Lu site, Lu(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(3), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. Both Lu(3)-Pd(3) bond lengths are 3.19 Å. All Lu(3)-Pd(1) bond lengths are 3.23 Å. Both Lu(3)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 2.96 Å. All Lu(3)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.99 Å. In the fourth Lu site, Lu(4) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(1), two equivalent Pd(3), three equivalent Pd(2), one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Lu(4)-Pd(1) bond length is 3.07 Å. Both Lu(4)-Pd(3) bond lengths are 3.10 Å. There are two shorter (3.03 Å) and one longer (3.04 Å) Lu(4)-Pd(2) bond length. The Lu(4)-Ge(1) bond length is 3.13 Å. Both Lu(4)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 3.06 Å. There are two shorter (3.09 Å) and one longer (3.26 Å) Lu(4)-Ge(2) bond length. There are three inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Lu(1), one Lu(4), two equivalent Lu(2), two equivalent Lu(3), one Ge(1), one Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. The Pd(1)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.61 Å. The Pd(1)-Ge(2) bond length is 2.73 Å. Both Pd(1)-Ge(3) bond lengths are 2.56 Å. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Lu(2), three equivalent Lu(4), one Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. The Pd(2)-Ge(3) bond length is 2.89 Å. There are two shorter (2.55 Å) and one longer (2.57 Å) Pd(2)-Ge(2) bond length. In the third Pd site, Pd(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Lu(2), one Lu(3), two equivalent Lu(1), two equivalent Lu(4), one Pd(3), one Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms. The Pd(3)-Pd(3) bond length is 3.00 Å. The Pd(3)-Ge(3) bond length is 2.56 Å. Both Pd(3)-Ge(1) bond lengths are 2.54 Å. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Lu(1), one Lu(4), two equivalent Lu(2), two equivalent Lu(3), one Pd(1), two equivalent Pd(3), and one Ge(1) atom. The Ge(1)-Ge(1) bond length is 2.72 Å. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Lu(2), three equivalent Lu(4), one Pd(1), and three equivalent Pd(2) atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Lu(2), one Lu(3), two equivalent Lu(1), two equivalent Lu(4), one Pd(2), one Pd(3), and two equivalent Pd(1) atoms.