Elucidation of tetraboric acid with a new borate fundamental building block in a chiral uranyl fluoroborate

Shuao Wang, T. Gannon Parker, Daniel J. Grant, Juan Diwu, Evgeny V. Alekseev, Wulf Depmeier, Laura Gagliardi, Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt

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Abstract

A new neutral borate species, H 2B 4O 7 (also known as tetraboric acid), with a one-dimensional chain structure, is found in the interlayer spacing in Rb 2[(UO 2) 2B 8O 12F 6]·H 2B 4O 7 (RbUBOF-2) derived from boric acid flux reaction of uranyl(VI) nitrate with RbBF 4. This new form of tetraboric acid possesses a novel borate fundamental building block with the symbol 4Δ: 〈3Δ〉Δ.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11211-11213
Number of pages3
JournalInorganic chemistry
Volume51
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 5 2012

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