New insights into the acid mediated disproportionation of pentavalent uranyl†
Victor Mougel,Biplab Biswas,Jacques Pécaut,Marinella Mazzanti
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 10/18/2010 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C0CC03443F
Abstract
The reaction of benzoic acid with the uranyl(V) complex [(UO2Py5)(KI2Py2)] in pyridine leads to immediate disproportionation with formation of a hexanuclear U(IV) benzoatecluster, a bis-benzoate complex of uranyl(VI) and water.
