New open-framework in the uranyl vanadates A3(UO2)7(VO4)5O (A=Li, Ag) with intergrowth structure between A(UO2)4(VO4)3 and A2(UO2)3(VO4)2O

New uranyl vanadates A3(UO2)7(VO4)5O (M=Li (1), Na (2), Ag (3)) have been synthesized by solid-state reaction and their structures determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data for 1 and 3. The tetragonal structure results of an alternation of two types of sheets denoted S for ∞2[UO2(VO4)2]4− and D for ∞2[(UO2)2(VO4)3]5− built from UO6 square bipyramids and connected through VO4 tetrahedra to ∞1[U(3)O5-U(4)O5]8− infinite chains of edge-shared U(3)O7 and U(4)O7 pentagonal bipyramids alternatively parallel to a- and b-axis to construct a three-dimensional uranyl vanadate arrangement. It is noticeable that similar ∞[UO5]4− chains are connected only by S-type sheets in A2(UO2)3(VO4)2O and by D-type sheets in A(UO2)4(VO4)3, thus A3(UO2)7(VO4)5O appears as an intergrowth structure between the two previously reported series. The mobility of the monovalent ion in the mutually perpendicular channels created in the three-dimensional arrangement is correlated to the occupation rate of the sites and by the geometry of the different sites occupied by either Na, Ag or Li. Crystallographic data: 293 K, Bruker X8-APEX2 X-ray diffractometer equipped with a 4 K CCD detector, MoKα, λ=0.71073 Å, tetragonal symmetry, space group P4¯m2, Z=1, full-matrix least-squares refinement on the basis of F2; 1,a=7.2794(9) Å, c=14.514(4) Å, R1=0.021 and wR2=0.048 for 62 parameters with 782 independent reflections with I⩾2σ(I); 3, a=7.2373(3) Å, c=14.7973(15) Å, R1=0.041 and wR2=0.085 for 60 parameters with 1066 independent reflections with I⩾2σ(I).

A view of the three-dimensional structure of Li3(UO2)7(VO4)5O.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide