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Solvent-extraction complexes of the uranyl ion. 1. Crystal and molecular structure of bis(nitrato)bis(tri-n-butylphosphine oxide)dioxouranium(VI)

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic50225a053· OSTI ID:5948088
The complex UO/sub 2/(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/((C/sub 4/H/sub 9/)/sub 3/PO)/sub 2/, made by reacting UO/sub 2/(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/.6H/sub 2/O with tri-n-butylphosphine oxide, was analyzed by single-crystal x-ray diffraction methods. The monoclinic unit cell has a = 8.496 (2) A, b = 29.630 (7) A, c = 14.063 (3) A, and ..beta.. = 94.92 (2)/sup 0/ at 23/sup 0/C; the space group is C2/c, and Z = 4. The structure was determined by the heavy-atom method and refined by least squares. Positions and anisotropic thermal parameters were adjusted for 22 nonhydrogen atoms, while hydrogen atoms were fixed in assumed positions; the agreement factor, R/sub F/, reached 0.043 for 1648 observations (> 3sigma). There are discrete molecules in the crystal consisting of uranyl ions surrounded at the equator by six oxygen atoms furnished by two bidentate nitrate ions and two tri-n-butylphosphine oxide molecules. Two of the n-butyl groups are anti and one is gauche in conformation. The bond between the phosphine oxide and the uranium atom is shorter than the corresponding water to uranium bond in each of two structurally analogous hydrates.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI ID:
5948088
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Inorg. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 20:11; ISSN INOCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English