Structures of the uranyl 8-hydroxyquinolates.
An X-ray investigation of the two uranyl 8-hydroxy-quinolates UO(2).(C(9)H(6)NO)(2).C(9)H(6)NOH (dark red) and [UO(2).(C(9)H(6)NO)(2)](2).C(9)H(6)NOH (orange), has been carried out on the untreated compounds and after recrystallising them from chloroform. The unsolvated compound UO(2).(C(2)H(6)NO)(2) and the residue remaining after dissolving the orange compound in chloroform have also been examined. The investigation shows that the crystals obtained from the red and orange compounds, respectively, after dissolving in chloroform and recrystallising, are identical. The untreated red and orange compounds are different, the latter showing evidence of existing as a polymer, whereas the former is crystalline. On the basis of the results obtained, a structure for the orange compound is proposed.
Magee
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Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Belfast 9, N. Ireland.
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