Materials Data on YbMoClO4 by Materials Project
YbMoO4Cl crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to six O2- and two equivalent Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of Yb–O bond distances ranging from 2.29–2.54 Å. There are one shorter (2.90 Å) and one longer (2.91 Å) Yb–Cl bond lengths. Mo6+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O2- atoms. There is three shorter (1.79 Å) and one longer (1.81 Å) Mo–O bond length. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Yb3+ and one Mo6+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a linear geometry to one Yb3+ and one Mo6+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a linear geometry to one Yb3+ and one Mo6+ atom. Cl1- is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to two equivalent Yb3+ atoms.