Combining coordination and supramolecular chemistry for the formation of uranyl-organic hybrid materials

Abstract

Three hybrid compounds have been synthesized through hydrothermal reactions of UO₂(NO₃)₂·6H₂O with 4-halobenzoic acid (X = Cl, Br, I). The formation of these compounds utilizes a composite synthesis methodology that explicitly employs aspects of both coordination chemistry and supramolecular chemistry (namely halogen⋯halogen interactions).