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Crystal Chemistry of the Potassium and Rubidium Uranyl Borate Families Derived From Boric Acid Fluxes

Crystal Chemistry of the Potassium and Rubidium Uranyl Borate Families Derived From Boric Acid Fluxes

Shuao Wang, Evgeny V Alekseev, Jared T Stritzinger, Wulf Depmeier, Thomas E Albrecht-Schmitt

Inorg Chem. 2010 Jul 19;49(14):6690-6.

PMID: 20560654

Abstract:

The reaction of uranyl nitrate with a large excess of molten boric acid in the presence of potassium or rubidium nitrate results in the formation of three new potassium uranyl borates, K(2)[(UO(2))(2)B(12)O(19)(OH)(4)].0.3H(2)O (KUBO-1), K[(UO(2))(2)B(10)O(15)(OH)(5)] (KUBO-2), and K[(UO(2))(2)B(10)O(16)(OH)(3)].0.7H(2)O (KUBO-3) and two new rubidium uranyl borates Rb(2)[(UO(2))(2)B(13)O(20)(OH)(5)] (RbUBO-1) and Rb[(UO(2))(2)B(10)O(16)(OH)(3)].0.7H(2)O (RbUBO-2). The latter is isotypic with KUBO-3. These compounds share a common structural motif consisting of a linear uranyl, UO(2)(2+), cation surrounded by BO(3) triangles and BO(4) tetrahedra to create an UO(8) hexagonal bipyramidal environment around uranium. The borate anions bridge between uranyl units to create sheets. Additional BO(3) triangles extend from the polyborate layers and are directed approximately perpendicular to the sheets. All of these compounds adopt layered structures. With the exception of KUBO-1, the structures are all centrosymmetric. All of these compounds fluoresce when irradiated with long-wavelength UV light. The fluorescence spectrum yields well-defined vibronically coupled charge-transfer features.

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AP13126120	Rubidium nitrate		13126-12-0	Price

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