Thermal decomposition of metal complexes: III. Uranyl nitrate adducts with N-donor ligands

Abstract

The thermal decomposition of some uranyl nitrate adducts with neutral N-donor ligands was investigated in order to correlate the “activation energy” , E * 2, of the first step, whose shape depends on the kind of the neutral ligand, with the anti-symmetric stretching vibration ν 3 of the O—U—O group. The linear relationship ▪ was found. Some considerations about the identification of the symmetric stretching band ν 1 have been drawn.