Synthesis, Structure, and Spectral Properties of Mixed Uranyl Hydroxonitrate Complexes [(CH3)4N]2[(UO2)2(NO3)4(OH)2] and (HMeIm)2[(UO2)2(NO3)4(OH)2] (MeIm = 1-Methylimidazole)


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Abstract

The structure and spectroscopic properties of two mixed-ligand uranyl complexes, [(CH3)4N]2· [(UO2)2(NO3)4(OH)2] and [(UO2)2(NO3)4(H2O)2]·2Im (Im = imidazole), were studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction and by vibrational and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The previously made assumption that the latter compound contains electrically neutral complexes [(UO2)2(NO3)4(H2O)2] was found to be erroneous; actually both compounds contain dimeric anions [(UO2)2(NO3)4(OH)2]2–.

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A. A. Shiryaev

Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry; Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry

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Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 31, korp. 4, Moscow, 119071; Staromonetnyi per. 35, Moscow, 119071

A. M. Fedoseev

Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

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Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 31, korp. 4, Moscow, 119071

M. S. Grigor’ev

Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

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Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 31, korp. 4, Moscow, 119071

A. A. Averin

Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

Email: a_shiryaev@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 31, korp. 4, Moscow, 119071

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