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CdYb is Tetraauricupride structured and crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Cd atoms. All Yb–Cd bond lengths are 3.30 Å. Cd is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Yb atoms.
YbCd3 is alpha bismuth trifluoride structured and crystallizes in the cubic Fm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to fourteen Cd atoms. There are eight shorter (3.13 Å) and six longer (3.62 Å) Yb–Cd bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd is bonded to four equivalent Yb and four equivalent Cd atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing CdYb4Cd4 tetrahedra. All Cd–Cd bond lengths are 3.13 Å. In the second Cd site, Cd is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Yb and eight equivalent Cd atoms.
YbCd2 is Hexagonal Laves structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to twelve Cd atoms. There are a spread of Yb–Cd bond distances ranging from 3.48–3.53 Å. There are two inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd is bonded to six equivalent Yb and six equivalent Cd atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing CdYb6Cd6 cuboctahedra. All Cd–Cd bond lengths are 3.05 Å. In the second Cd site, Cd is bonded to six equivalent Yb and six Cd atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing CdYb6Cd6 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (2.91 Å) and two longer (3.04 Å) Cd–Cd bond lengths.
YbCd3 is beta Cu3Ti-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb is bonded to twelve Cd atoms to form YbCd12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (3.24 Å) and six longer (3.30 Å) Yb–Cd bond lengths. There are three inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd is bonded to four equivalent Yb and eight Cd atoms to form distorted CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen equivalent CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Cd–Cd bond distances ranging from 3.19–3.37 Å. In the second Cd site, Cd is bonded to four equivalent Yb and eight Cd atoms to form distorted CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Cd–Cd bond distances ranging from 3.19–3.37 Å. In the third Cd site, Cd is bonded to four equivalent Yb and eight Cd atoms to form distorted CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent YbCd12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen CdYb4Cd8 cuboctahedra.
Yb3Cd is Uranium Silicide structured and crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb is bonded to eight equivalent Yb and four equivalent Cd atoms to form distorted YbYb8Cd4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent YbYb8Cd4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent CdYb12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent YbYb8Cd4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent CdYb12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen equivalent YbYb8Cd4 cuboctahedra. All Yb–Yb bond lengths are 3.60 Å. All Yb–Cd bond lengths are 3.60 Å. Cd is bonded to twelve equivalent Yb atoms to form CdYb12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent CdYb12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four equivalent YbYb8Cd4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent CdYb12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent YbYb8Cd4 cuboctahedra.