The material described by LaYbSe3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. Yb(1) is bonded to two equivalent Se(1) and four equivalent Se(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing YbSe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 68°. La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Se(1) and six equivalent Se(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Se sites. In the first Se site, Se(1) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms to form SeLa2Yb2 tetrahedra that share corners with eight equivalent Se(2)La3Yb2 square pyramids, corners with four equivalent Se(1)La2Yb2 tetrahedra, and edges with six equivalent Se(2)La3Yb2 square pyramids. In the second Se site, Se(2) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1) and three equivalent La(1) atoms to form distorted SeLa3Yb2 square pyramids that share corners with nine equivalent Se(2)La3Yb2 square pyramids, corners with four equivalent Se(1)La2Yb2 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Se(2)La3Yb2 square pyramids, and edges with three equivalent Se(1)La2Yb2 tetrahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_LaYbSe3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.578
_cell_length_b   7.578
_cell_length_c   9.301
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   147.789
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   284.705
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
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 _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
  La  La0  1  0.250  0.750  0.750  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.750  0.250  0.250  1.0
  Yb  Yb2  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Yb  Yb3  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Se  Se4  1  0.108  0.892  0.250  1.0
  Se  Se5  1  0.892  0.108  0.750  1.0
  Se  Se6  1  0.639  0.361  0.578  1.0
  Se  Se7  1  0.361  0.639  0.422  1.0
  Se  Se8  1  0.639  0.361  0.922  1.0
  Se  Se9  1  0.361  0.639  0.078  1.0
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The material described by LaYbSe3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. Yb(1) is bonded to two equivalent Se(1) and four equivalent Se(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing YbSe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 68°. La(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Se(1) and six equivalent Se(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Se sites. In the first Se site, Se(1) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1) and two equivalent La(1) atoms to form SeLa2Yb2 tetrahedra that share corners with eight equivalent Se(2)La3Yb2 square pyramids, corners with four equivalent Se(1)La2Yb2 tetrahedra, and edges with six equivalent Se(2)La3Yb2 square pyramids. In the second Se site, Se(2) is bonded to two equivalent Yb(1) and three equivalent La(1) atoms to form distorted SeLa3Yb2 square pyramids that share corners with nine equivalent Se(2)La3Yb2 square pyramids, corners with four equivalent Se(1)La2Yb2 tetrahedra, edges with six equivalent Se(2)La3Yb2 square pyramids, and edges with three equivalent Se(1)La2Yb2 tetrahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_LaYbSe3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.578
_cell_length_b   7.578
_cell_length_c   9.301
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   147.789
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   284.705
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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
  La  La0  1  0.250  0.750  0.750  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.750  0.250  0.250  1.0
  Yb  Yb2  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Yb  Yb3  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Se  Se4  1  0.108  0.892  0.250  1.0
  Se  Se5  1  0.892  0.108  0.750  1.0
  Se  Se6  1  0.639  0.361  0.578  1.0
  Se  Se7  1  0.361  0.639  0.422  1.0
  Se  Se8  1  0.639  0.361  0.922  1.0
  Se  Se9  1  0.361  0.639  0.078  1.0
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