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Two hydrated uranyl arsenates and a uranyl phosphate were synthesized by hydrothermal methods in the presence of amine structure-directing agents and their structures determined: (N2C6H14)[(UO2)(AsO4)]2(H2O)3, DabcoUAs, {NH(C2H5)3}[(UO2)2(AsO4)(AsO3OH)], TriethUAs, and (N2C4H12)(UO2)[(UO2)(PO4)]4(H2O)2, PiperUP. Intensity data were collected at room temperature using MoKα X-radiation and a CCD-based area detector. The crystal structures were refined by full-matrix least-squares techniques on the basis of F2 to agreement indices (DabcoUAs, TriethUAs, PiperUP) wR2=5.6%, 8.3%, 7.2% for all data, and R1=2.9%, 3.3%, 4.0%, calculated for 1777, 5822, 9119 unique observed reflections (|Fo|⩾4σF), respectively. DabcoUAs is monoclinic, space group C2/m, Z=2, a=18.581(1), b=7.1897(4), c=7.1909(4) Å, β=102.886(1)°, V=936.43(9) Å3, Dcalc=3.50 g/cm3. TriethUAs is monoclinic, space group P21/n, Z=4, a=9.6359(4), b=18.4678(7), c=10.0708(4) Å, β=92.282(1)°, V=1790.7(1) Å3, Dcalc=3.41 g/cm3. PiperUP is monoclinic, space group Pn, Z=2, a=9.3278(4), b=15.5529(7), c=9.6474(5) Å, β=93.266(1)°, V=1397.3(1) Å3, Dcalc=4.41 g/cm3. The structure of DabcoUAs contains the autunite-type sheet formed by the sharing of vertices between uranyl square bipyramids and arsenate tetrahedra. The triethylenediammonium cations are located in the interlayer along with two H2O groups and are disordered. Both TriethUAs and PiperUP contain sheets formed of uranyl pentagonal bipyramids and tetrahedra (arsenate and phosphate, respectively) with the uranophane sheet-anion topology. In TriethUAs, triethlyammonium cations are located in the interlayer. In PiperUP, the sheets are connected by a uranyl pentagonal bipyramid that shares corners with phosphate tetrahedra of adjacent sheets, resulting in a framework with piperazinium cations and H2O groups in the cavities of the structure. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Two homeotypic hydrated uranyl arsenates, (UO2)[(UO2)(AsO4)]2(H2O)4, UAs4, and (UO2)[(UO2)(AsO4)]2(H2O)5, UAs5 were synthesized by hydrothermal methods. Intensity data were collected at room temperature using MoKα X-radiation and a CCD-based area detector. Their crystal structures were solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares techniques on the basis of F2 to agreement indices (UAs4, UAs5) wR2=0.116, 0.060, for all data, and R1=0.046, 0.033, calculated for 3176, 5306 unique observed reflections (|Fo|>4σF) respectively. UAs4 is monoclinic, space group P21/c, Z=4, a=11.238(1), b=7.152(1), c=21.941(2) A˚, β=104.576(2)°, V=1706.8(1) A˚3, Dcalc=4.51 g/cm3. UAs5 is orthorhombic, space group Pca21, Z=4, a=20.133(2), b=11.695(1), c=7.154(1) A˚, V=1684.4(1) A˚3, Dcalc=4.65 g/cm3. Both structures contain sheets of arsenate tetrahedra and uranyl pentagonal bipyramids, with composition [(UO2)(AsO4)]1− and the uranophane sheet anion-topology. The sheets are connected by a uranyl pentagonal bipyramid in the interlayer that shares corners with an arsenate tetrahedron on each of two adjacent sheets, resulting in open-frameworks with isolated H2O groups in the larger cavities of the structures. The uranyl arsenate sheet in UAs4 is relatively planar, and is topologically identical with the uranyl phosphate sheet in (UO2)[(UO2)(PO4)]2(H2O)4. The uranyl arsenate sheet in UAs5 is the same geometrical isomer as in UAs4, but is highly corrugated, exhibiting approximately right angle bends of the sheet after every second uranyl arsenate chain repeat. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Two hydrated uranyl arsenates, Cs2(UO2)[(UO2)(AsO4)]4(H2O)2 (CsUAs) and Rb2(UO2)[(UO2)(AsO4)]4(H2O)4.5 (RbUAs), were synthesized by hydrothermal methods. Intensity data were collected at room temperature using MoKα radiation and a CCD-based area detector. The crystal structure of RbUAs was solved by direct methods, whereas the structure model of the phosphate Cs2(UO2)[(UO2)(PO4)]4(H2O)2 was used for CsUAs; both were refined by full-matrix least-squares techniques on the basis of F2 to agreement indices (CsUAs, RbUAs) wR2=0.061,0.041, for all data, and R1=0.032,0.021, calculated for 5098, 4991 unique observed reflections (|Fo|>4σF), respectively. The compound CsUAs is orthorhombic, space group Cmc21, Z=4, a=15.157(2), b=14.079(2), c=13.439(2) A˚, V=2867.9(1) A˚3. RbUAs is monoclinic, space group C2/m, Z=4, a=13.4619(4), b=15.8463(5), c=14.0068(4) A˚, β=92.311(1)°, V=2985.52(2) A˚3. The structures consist of sheets of arsenate tetrahedra and uranyl pentagonal bipyramids, with composition [(UO2)(AsO4)]−, that are topologically identical to the uranyl silicate sheets in uranophane-beta. These sheets are connected by a uranyl pentagonal bipyramid in the interlayer that shares corners with two arsenate tetrahedra on each of two adjacent sheets and whose fifth equatorial vertex is an H2O group, resulting in an open framework with alkali metal cations in the larger cavities of the structures. CsUAs is isostructural with its phosphate analogue, and has two Cs atoms and a H2O group in its structural cavities. RbUAs is not isostructural with its phosphate analogue, although it has a homeotypic framework. Its structural cavities are occupied by three Rb atoms and four H2O groups; one Rb position and three of the interstitial H2O groups are half-occupied. The partial occupancies of these positions probably result from the accommodation of the larger As atoms (relative to P) in the framework and resultant larger cavities. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Three homeotypic hydrated alkali metal uranyl phosphates, A2(UO2)[(UO2)(PO4)]4(H2O)2, A=Cs (CsUP), Rb (RbUP), K (KUP), were synthesized by hydrothermal methods. Intensity data were collected at room temperature using MoKα radiation and a CCD-based area detector. Their crystal structures were solved by Patterson (CsUP) and direct (RbUP, KUP) methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares techniques to agreement indices (CsUP, RbUP, KUP) wR2=0.048, 0.230, 0.072 for all data, and R1=0.023, 0.078, 0.038 calculated for 5338, 4738, 4514 unique observed reflections (∣Fo∣≥4σF), respectively. The compound CsUP is orthorhombic, space group Cmc21, Z=4, a=14.854(1), b=13.879(1), c=12.987(1) A˚, V=2677.5(3) A˚3. Both RbUP and KUP are monoclinic, space group Cm, but are presented in the unconventional pseudo-orthorhombic space group Fm11 to facilitate comparison with CsUP and to allow a model for RbUP that includes the effects of pseudo-merohedral twinning. RbUP is monoclinic, space group Fm11, Z=4, a=15.72(2), b=13.84(1), c=13.05(1) A˚, α=90.39°(2), V=2839(5) A˚3; KUP is monoclinic, space group Fm11, Z=4, a=15.257(1), b=13.831(1), c=13.007(1) A˚, α=91.760°(1), V=2743.4(3) A˚3. The structures consist of sheets of phosphate tetrahedra and uranyl pentagonal bipyramids, with composition [(UO2)(PO4)]−, that are topologically identical to the uranyl silicate sheets in uranophane-beta. These sheets are connected by a uranyl pentagonal bipyramid in the interlayer that shares corners with two phosphate tetrahedra on each of two adjacent sheets and whose fifth equatorial vertex is an H2O group, resulting in an open framework with alkali metal cations in the larger cavities of the structures. Where CsUP and RbUP have two alkali metal positions and a H2O group in these cavities, KUP has four K atoms and two H2O groups, all of which are partially occupied, in the interstitial sites. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The hydrated neutral uranyl phosphate, (UO2)3(PO4)2(H2O)4, was synthesized by hydrothermal methods. Intensity data were collected using MoKα radiation and a CCD-based area detector. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares techniques to agreement indices wR2=0.116 for all data, and R1=0.040, calculated for the 2764 unique observed reflections (∣Fo∣≥4σF). The compound is orthorhombic, space group Pnma, Z=4, a=7.063(1) A˚, b=17.022(3) A˚, c=13.172(3) A˚, V=1583.5(5) A˚3. The structure consists of sheets of phosphate tetrahedra and uranyl pentagonal bipyramids, with composition [(UO2)(PO4)]− and the uranophane sheet anion topology. The sheets are connected by a uranyl pentagonal bipyramid in the interlayer that shares corners with a phosphate tetrahedron on each of two adjacent sheets, resulting in an open framework with isolated H2O groups in the larger cavities of the structure. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]