The crystal structure described by Dy8Rh5C12 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are four inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(4), and three equivalent C(6) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(2), two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(5), two equivalent C(6), and three equivalent C(4) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(3), two equivalent C(1), two equivalent C(2), and two equivalent C(5) atoms. In the fourth Dy site, Dy(4) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(1), two equivalent Rh(2), two equivalent Rh(3), two equivalent C(1), and two equivalent C(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Rh sites. In the first Rh site, Rh(1) is bonded in a linear geometry to four equivalent Dy(4) and two equivalent C(1) atoms. In the second Rh site, Rh(2) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(4), one C(2), and one C(3) atom. In the third Rh site, Rh(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(4), one C(3), and one C(5) atom. There are six inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(4) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1), three equivalent Dy(2), and one C(3) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing CDy5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-15°. In the second C site, C(5) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(3), one Rh(3), and one C(6) atom. In the third C site, C(6) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(2), three equivalent Dy(1), and one C(5) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing CDy5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-15°. In the fourth C site, C(1) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(4), one Rh(1), and one C(2) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing CDy4RhC octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fifth C site, C(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(4), one Rh(2), and one C(1) atom. In the sixth C site, C(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(2), one Rh(2), one Rh(3), and one C(4) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Dy8Rh5C12
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.557
_cell_length_b   7.418
_cell_length_c   14.083
_cell_angle_alpha   93.915
_cell_angle_beta   97.255
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   367.753
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.294  0.884  0.587  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  0.706  0.116  0.413  1.0
  Dy  Dy2  1  0.300  0.391  0.601  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.700  0.609  0.399  1.0
  Dy  Dy4  1  0.412  0.172  0.824  1.0
  Dy  Dy5  1  0.588  0.828  0.176  1.0
  Dy  Dy6  1  0.453  0.703  0.906  1.0
  Dy  Dy7  1  0.547  0.297  0.094  1.0
  Rh  Rh8  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Rh  Rh9  1  0.110  0.493  0.220  1.0
  Rh  Rh10  1  0.890  0.507  0.780  1.0
  Rh  Rh11  1  0.117  0.128  0.233  1.0
  Rh  Rh12  1  0.883  0.872  0.767  1.0
  C  C13  1  0.023  0.755  0.045  1.0
  C  C14  1  0.977  0.245  0.955  1.0
  C  C15  1  0.048  0.614  0.096  1.0
  C  C16  1  0.952  0.386  0.904  1.0
  C  C17  1  0.168  0.347  0.337  1.0
  C  C18  1  0.832  0.653  0.663  1.0
  C  C19  1  0.216  0.365  0.433  1.0
  C  C20  1  0.784  0.635  0.567  1.0
  C  C21  1  0.159  0.874  0.317  1.0
  C  C22  1  0.841  0.126  0.683  1.0
  C  C23  1  0.207  0.869  0.414  1.0
  C  C24  1  0.793  0.131  0.586  1.0
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The crystal structure described by Dy8Rh5C12 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are four inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(4), and three equivalent C(6) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(2), two equivalent C(3), two equivalent C(5), two equivalent C(6), and three equivalent C(4) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(3), two equivalent C(1), two equivalent C(2), and two equivalent C(5) atoms. In the fourth Dy site, Dy(4) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh(1), two equivalent Rh(2), two equivalent Rh(3), two equivalent C(1), and two equivalent C(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Rh sites. In the first Rh site, Rh(1) is bonded in a linear geometry to four equivalent Dy(4) and two equivalent C(1) atoms. In the second Rh site, Rh(2) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(4), one C(2), and one C(3) atom. In the third Rh site, Rh(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(4), one C(3), and one C(5) atom. There are six inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(4) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1), three equivalent Dy(2), and one C(3) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing CDy5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-15°. In the second C site, C(5) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(3), one Rh(3), and one C(6) atom. In the third C site, C(6) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(2), three equivalent Dy(1), and one C(5) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing CDy5C octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-15°. In the fourth C site, C(1) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(4), one Rh(1), and one C(2) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing CDy4RhC octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fifth C site, C(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(4), one Rh(2), and one C(1) atom. In the sixth C site, C(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(2), one Rh(2), one Rh(3), and one C(4) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Dy8Rh5C12
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.557
_cell_length_b   7.418
_cell_length_c   14.083
_cell_angle_alpha   93.915
_cell_angle_beta   97.255
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   367.753
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.294  0.884  0.587  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  0.706  0.116  0.413  1.0
  Dy  Dy2  1  0.300  0.391  0.601  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.700  0.609  0.399  1.0
  Dy  Dy4  1  0.412  0.172  0.824  1.0
  Dy  Dy5  1  0.588  0.828  0.176  1.0
  Dy  Dy6  1  0.453  0.703  0.906  1.0
  Dy  Dy7  1  0.547  0.297  0.094  1.0
  Rh  Rh8  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Rh  Rh9  1  0.110  0.493  0.220  1.0
  Rh  Rh10  1  0.890  0.507  0.780  1.0
  Rh  Rh11  1  0.117  0.128  0.233  1.0
  Rh  Rh12  1  0.883  0.872  0.767  1.0
  C  C13  1  0.023  0.755  0.045  1.0
  C  C14  1  0.977  0.245  0.955  1.0
  C  C15  1  0.048  0.614  0.096  1.0
  C  C16  1  0.952  0.386  0.904  1.0
  C  C17  1  0.168  0.347  0.337  1.0
  C  C18  1  0.832  0.653  0.663  1.0
  C  C19  1  0.216  0.365  0.433  1.0
  C  C20  1  0.784  0.635  0.567  1.0
  C  C21  1  0.159  0.874  0.317  1.0
  C  C22  1  0.841  0.126  0.683  1.0
  C  C23  1  0.207  0.869  0.414  1.0
  C  C24  1  0.793  0.131  0.586  1.0
[/CIF]
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