Diytterbium(II) lithium indium(III) digermanide Yb2LiInGe2

摘要

The title compound, Yb2LiInGe2, a new ordered quaternary inter­metallic phase, crystallizes with the ortho­rhom­bic Ca2LiInGe2 type (Pearson code oP24). The crystal structure contains six crystallographically unique sites in the asymmetric unit, all in special positions with site symmetry .m.. The structure is complex and based on [InGe4] tetra­hedra, which share corners in two directions, forming layers parallel to (001). Yb atoms fill square-pyramidal (Yb1) and octa­hedral (Yb2) inter­stices between the [InGe4/2] layers, while the small Li⁺ atoms fill tetra­hedral sites.