Abstract
YSe1.83 was synthesized by vapor transport technique and its crystal structure was determined. The structure was isostructure of LaTe2-x, which was layered structure consisting of two-atom thick layers of YSe with distorted NaCl-type structure and one-atom thick layer of Se. The substructure of YSe1.83 was tetragonal with space group of P4/nmm and a=4.011(2) and c=8.261(3) Å with final R/Rw=6.4/6.9 %. The superstructure with asuper=2a, bsuper=6b and csuper=2c was found. The measurements of electronic and magnetic properties of this compound indicate that it is an electronic insulator and diamagnet.