Abstract
Abstract Experimental investigations of crystallization in a family of uranyl triacetate compounds with Na, K, Rb and Cs were performed. The crystal structures of two novel Cs- and Rb-bearing tri(acetato)uranylates were solved, and the content of H2O molecules in the crystal structure of K-bearing uranyl triacetate was refined. Synthesized compounds were analyzed using IR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystal chemical analysis of the M[(UO2)(CH3COO)3](H2O) n family (M = Na, K, Rb, Cs; n = 0–1.0) reveals the sequence of structural transformations depending on the size of alkali cation resulting in the symmetry reduction from cubic P 213 (for Na), through tetragonal I 41/a (for K and Rb) to triclinic P 1̅ space groups (for Cs), which is in accordance with the principle of morphotropism, suggested by Paul von Groth, founder of the Zeitschrift für Krystallographie journal, in 1870.
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