New insights into the acid mediated disproportionation of pentavalent uranyl

Victor Mougel, Biplab Biswas, Jacques Pécaut, Marinella Mazzanti

Chemical Communications · 2010 · 69 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

The reaction of benzoic acid with the uranyl(V) complex [(UO(2)Py(5))(KI(2)Py(2))] in pyridine leads to immediate disproportionation with formation of a hexanuclear U(IV) benzoate cluster, a bis-benzoate complex of uranyl(VI) and water.

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