An X-ray crystallographic, Raman, and infrared spectral study of crystalline potassium uranyl carbonate, K4UO2(CO3)3

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Abstract
X-ray diffraction studies have revealed that K4UO2(CO3)3 is isostructural with (NH4)4UO2(CO3)3; the crystal is monoclinic with a = 10.247(3), b = 9.202(2), c = 12.226(3) Å, β = 95.11(2)°, Z = 4, and space group C2/c. Three carbonate anions are arranged in bidentate fashion in the equatorial plane of UO22+; one of these occupies a C2 site and the other two occupy C1 sites. All carbonates are significantly distorted from D3h symmetry. The binding of carbonates to uranyl is strong and thus the lattice can be considered to be composed of [UO2(CO3)3]4− anions and K+ cations. The Raman and infrared spectra exhibit fewer lines than predicted for such a crystal. Tentative assignments are suggested for the more prominent bands of the constituent polyatomic species.

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