A chiral uranyl-Kemp's tricarboxylate cubic framework: structure-directing effect of counterions with three-fold rotational symmetry

Pierre Thuéry (1) , Jack Harrowfield (2)

1 LCMCE - Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et de Catalyse pour l'Energie (ex LCCEF)
2 ISIS - Institut de Science et d'ingénierie supramoléculaires

In the presence of PPh3Me+ cations, Kemp's tricarboxylate (kta3−) complexes the uranyl cation to give [PPh3Me][UO2(kta)] (1), a triperiodic framework with cubic symmetry and srs topology. The PPh3Me+ cation is held by weak interactions into cavities with matching three-fold rotational symmetry. Comparison with the diperiodic hemi-hydrate polymorph previously reported points to the disrupting role of OH⋯O hydrogen bonds in the latter.

Domains: Cristallography

Pierre Thuéry, Jack Harrowfield. A chiral uranyl-Kemp's tricarboxylate cubic framework: structure-directing effect of counterions with three-fold rotational symmetry. Dalton Transactions, In press, 50, pp.11021-11024. ⟨10.1039/D1DT02232F⟩. ⟨cea-03320580⟩