Dissolution of uranium metal using iodine and 2-propanol. Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of tetraiodotetraisopropoxybis(2-propanol)diuranium

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Inorganic Chemistry; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00034a004· OSTI ID:6915458

Van Der Sluys, W G ^[1]; Huffman, J C ^[2]; Ehler, D S; Sauer, N N ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Montana, Missoula (United States)
2. Indiana Univ., Bloomington (United States)
3. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

Clean uranium metal turnings react with iodine in 2-propanol at room temperature to give solutions of the monomer, UI[sub 2](O-i-Pr)[sub 2](HO-i-Pr)[sub 2]. Concentration of the solution gives purple crystals which readily lose solvent. Recrystallization of the monomer from toluene gives green crystals of the dimer U[sub 2]I[sub 4](O-i-Pr)[sub 4](HO-i-Pr)[sub 2], which has been structurally characterized.

• OSTI ID: 6915458
• Journal Information: Inorganic Chemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry; (United States) Vol. 31:8; ISSN 0020-1669; ISSN INOCAJ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
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ACTINIDE COMPLEXES
ACTINIDES
ALCOHOLS
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
BOND ANGLE
BOND LENGTHS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
COHERENT SCATTERING
COMPLEXES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DIFFRACTION
DIMENSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENS
HYDRIODIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
IODINE
IODINE COMPOUNDS
KINETICS
LENGTH
METALS
NMR SPECTRA
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROPANOLS
QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
REACTION KINETICS
SCATTERING
SPECTRA
SYNTHESIS
URANIUM
URANIUM COMPLEXES
X-RAY DIFFRACTION