Synthesis and structure of UO2I2(OH2)2 x 4Et2O: first structurally characterized U(VI)-I bond and lightest missing member of the UO2X2 (X = halide) series

Margaret-Jane Crawford; Arkady Ellern; Heinrich Nöth; Max Suter

doi:10.1021/ja030260r

Synthesis and structure of UO2I2(OH2)2 x 4Et2O: first structurally characterized U(VI)-I bond and lightest missing member of the UO2X2 (X = halide) series

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Oct 1;125(39):11778-9. doi: 10.1021/ja030260r.

Authors

Margaret-Jane Crawford¹, Arkady Ellern, Heinrich Nöth, Max Suter

Affiliation

¹ Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Butenandtstrasse 5-13 (Haus D), D-81377 Munich, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 14505374
DOI: 10.1021/ja030260r

Abstract

UO2I2(OH2)2.4Et2O has been synthesized and structurally characterized using X-ray diffraction. This thermally unstable species is the lightest missing member of the dioxouranium dihalide (UO2X2, X = F, Cl, Br, I)-containing series to be structurally characterized and is, to our knowledge, the first structurally characterized compound containing a U(VI)-I bond.