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Uranyl Hybrid Material Derived from In Situ Ligand Synthesis: Formation, Structure, and an Unusual Phase Transformation
Author(s) -
Andrews Michael B.,
Cahill Christopher L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201202402
Subject(s) - uranyl , ligand (biochemistry) , benzoic acid , phase (matter) , chemistry , counterion , in situ , hydrolysis , hydroxymethyl , powder diffraction , crystallography , combinatorial chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , ion , biochemistry , receptor
Phase to phase : The in situ hydrolysis of 4‐(bromomethyl)benzoic acid to 4‐(hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid (HMBA) in the presence of the uranyl cation has resulted in the novel hybrid material (A)[UO 2 (HMBA) 3 ] (A=NH 4 + or H 3 O + ), which was characterized by X‐ray diffraction. On exposure to ethanol the material undergoes a solid‐state phase transformation, accompanied by the loss of a ligand and counterion to form [UO 2 (HMBA) 2 ] (see scheme; O red, C black).