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Effects of ionic liquid media on the cation selectivity of uranyl structural units in five new compounds produced using the ionothermal technique

  • E. M. Wylie
  • , P. A. Smith
  • , K. M. Peruski
  • , J. S. Smith
  • , M. K. Dustin
  • , P. C. Burns

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Abstract

Ionothermal reactions of uranyl salts in several ionic liquids containing cyclic cations produced single crystals of five new uranyl compounds. (C 4H7N2)[(UO2)(AsO4)] (1), (C8H15N2)2[(UO2) 4(SeO3)5] (2), (C6H 11N2)2[(UO2)3(C 2H5PO4)4] (3), and (C 5H5N)2[(UO2)2(SeO 4)3] (4) are each comprised of two-dimensional structural units. (C4H7N2)[(UO2) 5(PO4)3(HPO4)(H2O) 2]·3H2O (5) is composed of a three-dimensional network. While the uranyl structural units in all five compounds are directly related to ones found in either uranyl minerals or compounds produced in aqueous media, each contain cyclic ionic liquid constituents as charge-balancing agents. These results suggest that the cation selectivity of these structural units is low, even under various solvation conditions and templating effects from cyclic cations donated from ionic liquid media. This journal is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7236-7243
Number of pages8
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume16
Issue number31
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 21 2014
Externally publishedYes

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