Li 2 RhO 3 was synthesized by solid state reaction and its crystal structure was refined from X-ray powder data by the Rietveldmethod. The compound was obtained as a black powder and crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/m, with unit cell parameters a = 5.1198(1), b = 8.8497(1), c = 5.1030(1) Å, β = 109.61(2)°, V = 217.80(1), and Z = 4. The structure determination shows that the oxygen atoms in Li 2 RhO 3 form an approximate cubic close packing, where all octahedral voids are occupied by Rh 4+ and Li + cations. The structure is closely related to the α-NaFeO 2 and Li 2 MnO 3 layered structure