DyCl2 is Baddeleyite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbca space group. Dy(1) is bonded to three equivalent Cl(1) and four equivalent Cl(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing DyCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to four equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClDy4 trigonal pyramids.
DyCl2 is Baddeleyite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbca space group. Dy(1) is bonded to three equivalent Cl(1) and four equivalent Cl(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing DyCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Dy(1)-Cl(1) bond distances ranging from 2.76-2.85 Å. There are a spread of Dy(1)-Cl(2) bond distances ranging from 2.74-2.90 Å. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to four equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClDy4 trigonal pyramids.