Rb2[U(NH2)6], a Rubidium Hexaamidouranate(IV) obtained from the Reaction of UI3 with RbNH2 in Anhydrous Ammonia

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2020-07-31

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en

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7
1023-1029

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Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, Volume 646, issue 14

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The pyrophoric compound Rb2[U(NH2)6] was obtained as a grey to black powder from the reaction of more than three equivalents of RbNH2 with UI3 in anhydrous liquid ammonia. During the process, UIII is oxidized to UIV and ammonia is reduced under evolution of H2. Rb2[U(NH2)6] crystallizes in the cubic crystal system, space group Fm3m, with the lattice parameter a = 9.7870(12) Å, V = 937.4(2) Å3, Z = 4 at T = 293 K. It is isotypic to K2PtCl6. The compound contains the unprecedented hexaamidouranate(IV) anion [U(NH2)6]2–.

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Uranium, Amides, Liquid ammonia, Alkali metals, Ammonia reduction

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Rudel, S S, Karttunen, A J & Kraus, F 2020, ' Rb 2 [U(NH 2 ) 6 ], a Rubidium Hexaamidouranate(IV) obtained from the Reaction of UI 3 with RbNH 2 in Anhydrous Ammonia ', Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, vol. 646, no. 14, pp. 1023-1029 . https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202000086