A Mixed‐Valent Uranium Phosphonate Framework Containing U^IV, U^V, and U^VI

Abstract

It is shown that U(V) O2 (+) ions can reside at U(VI) O2 (2+) lattice sites during mild reduction and crystallization process under solvothermal conditions, yielding a complicated and rare mixed-valent uranium phosphonate compound that simultaneously contains U(IV) , U(V) , and U(VI) . The presence of uranium with three oxidation states was confirmed by various characterization techniques, including X-ray crystallography, X-ray photoelectron, electron paramagnetic resonance, FTIR, UV/Vis-NIR absorption, and synchrotron radiation X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and magnetism measurements.