Dioxidobis(pentane-2,4-dionato-κO,O')(pyridine-4-carbaldehyde oxime-κN)uranium(VI)
Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
|January 5, 2011
Abstract:
The title compound, [U(C(5)H(7)O(2))(2)O(2)(C(6)H(6)N(2)O)], exhibits a penta-gonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry around the U(VI) atom, involving two bidentate acetyl-acetonate ions and the pyridine ring of the pyridine-4-carbaldehyde oxime ligand. Hydrogen bonds exist between the OH group of the pyridine-4-carbaldehyde oxime ligand and the two O atoms of the acetyl-acetonate ions.
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