New insights into the formation of extended supramolecular architectures from simple building blocks
Abstract
Reaction of uranyl acetate with HCl and 15-crown-5 in toluene results in the formation of a liquid clathrate phase from which crystals of (H5O2)[UO2Cl3(H2O)2]·(15-crown-5)2 1 are deposited; on standing, loss of HCl results in the isolation of a second product [UO2Cl2(H2O)3]16·(15-crown-5)16 2 which displays an extremely complex hydrogen bonded chain structure in the solid state.