The material structure described by YbCl2 is Baddeleyite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbca space group. Yb(1) is bonded to three equivalent Cl(2) and four equivalent Cl(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing YbCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ClYb4 tetrahedra. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Yb(1) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_YbCl2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.528
_cell_length_b   6.774
_cell_length_c   12.794
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   565.753
_cell_formula_units_Z   8
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
  Yb  Yb0  1  0.733  0.046  0.611  1.0
  Yb  Yb1  1  0.233  0.954  0.889  1.0
  Yb  Yb2  1  0.767  0.546  0.389  1.0
  Yb  Yb3  1  0.267  0.454  0.111  1.0
  Yb  Yb4  1  0.267  0.954  0.389  1.0
  Yb  Yb5  1  0.767  0.046  0.111  1.0
  Yb  Yb6  1  0.233  0.454  0.611  1.0
  Yb  Yb7  1  0.733  0.546  0.889  1.0
  Cl  Cl8  1  0.998  0.237  0.470  1.0
  Cl  Cl9  1  0.498  0.763  0.030  1.0
  Cl  Cl10  1  0.502  0.737  0.530  1.0
  Cl  Cl11  1  0.002  0.263  0.970  1.0
  Cl  Cl12  1  0.002  0.763  0.530  1.0
  Cl  Cl13  1  0.502  0.237  0.970  1.0
  Cl  Cl14  1  0.498  0.263  0.470  1.0
  Cl  Cl15  1  0.998  0.737  0.030  1.0
  Cl  Cl16  1  0.856  0.883  0.793  1.0
  Cl  Cl17  1  0.356  0.117  0.707  1.0
  Cl  Cl18  1  0.644  0.383  0.207  1.0
  Cl  Cl19  1  0.144  0.617  0.293  1.0
  Cl  Cl20  1  0.144  0.117  0.207  1.0
  Cl  Cl21  1  0.644  0.883  0.293  1.0
  Cl  Cl22  1  0.356  0.617  0.793  1.0
  Cl  Cl23  1  0.856  0.383  0.707  1.0
[/CIF]
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The material structure described by YbCl2 is Baddeleyite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbca space group. Yb(1) is bonded to three equivalent Cl(2) and four equivalent Cl(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing YbCl7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ClYb4 tetrahedra. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Yb(1) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_YbCl2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.528
_cell_length_b   6.774
_cell_length_c   12.794
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   565.753
_cell_formula_units_Z   8
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
  Yb  Yb0  1  0.733  0.046  0.611  1.0
  Yb  Yb1  1  0.233  0.954  0.889  1.0
  Yb  Yb2  1  0.767  0.546  0.389  1.0
  Yb  Yb3  1  0.267  0.454  0.111  1.0
  Yb  Yb4  1  0.267  0.954  0.389  1.0
  Yb  Yb5  1  0.767  0.046  0.111  1.0
  Yb  Yb6  1  0.233  0.454  0.611  1.0
  Yb  Yb7  1  0.733  0.546  0.889  1.0
  Cl  Cl8  1  0.998  0.237  0.470  1.0
  Cl  Cl9  1  0.498  0.763  0.030  1.0
  Cl  Cl10  1  0.502  0.737  0.530  1.0
  Cl  Cl11  1  0.002  0.263  0.970  1.0
  Cl  Cl12  1  0.002  0.763  0.530  1.0
  Cl  Cl13  1  0.502  0.237  0.970  1.0
  Cl  Cl14  1  0.498  0.263  0.470  1.0
  Cl  Cl15  1  0.998  0.737  0.030  1.0
  Cl  Cl16  1  0.856  0.883  0.793  1.0
  Cl  Cl17  1  0.356  0.117  0.707  1.0
  Cl  Cl18  1  0.644  0.383  0.207  1.0
  Cl  Cl19  1  0.144  0.617  0.293  1.0
  Cl  Cl20  1  0.144  0.117  0.207  1.0
  Cl  Cl21  1  0.644  0.883  0.293  1.0
  Cl  Cl22  1  0.356  0.617  0.793  1.0
  Cl  Cl23  1  0.856  0.383  0.707  1.0
[/CIF]
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