DyPS crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. There are two inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent P(1), two equivalent S(2), and three equivalent S(1) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent P(1), two equivalent S(1), and three equivalent S(2) atoms. P(1) is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(2), and two equivalent P(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(2) and three equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SDy5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1) and three equivalent Dy(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SDy5 trigonal bipyramids.
DyPS crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. There are two inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent P(1), two equivalent S(2), and three equivalent S(1) atoms. There are two shorter (3.10 Å) and two longer (3.12 Å) Dy(1)-P(1) bond lengths. Both Dy(1)-S(2) bond lengths are 2.77 Å. There are a spread of Dy(1)-S(1) bond distances ranging from 2.80-2.89 Å. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent P(1), two equivalent S(1), and three equivalent S(2) atoms. There are two shorter (2.90 Å) and two longer (3.11 Å) Dy(2)-P(1) bond lengths. Both Dy(2)-S(1) bond lengths are 2.75 Å. There are a spread of Dy(2)-S(2) bond distances ranging from 2.73-2.83 Å. P(1) is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(2), and two equivalent P(1) atoms. There is one shorter (2.23 Å) and one longer (2.24 Å) P(1)-P(1) bond length. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(2) and three equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SDy5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1) and three equivalent Dy(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SDy5 trigonal bipyramids.