高氯酸铀酰与TMDGA配合物的两种同质多晶体的结构与光谱性质

Spectroscopic Properties of Two Polymorphous Crystals of N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-diglycodiamide with Uranyl(Ⅵ) Perchloride

  • 摘要: 为了加深对锕酰化合物电子结构和光谱构效关系的理解,并为锕酰化合物光谱的理论模拟提供重要研究对象,本文通过控制晶体生长条件,在高氯酸体系中成功制备了两种不同对称性的铀酰(UO2L2·2ClO4(L=TMDGA))和N,N,N′,N′-四甲基-二甘酸双酰胺(TMDGA)晶体,低对称性UO2L2·2ClO4命名为U-1,高对称性UO2L2·2ClO4命名为U-2。结果显示,U-2中高对称性的结构单元 \mathrmU\mathrmO_2\mathrmL_2^2+ 展现出与大多数铀酰配合物显著不同的结构和光谱特性,其周围有序排列着 \mathrmC\mathrml\mathrmO_4^- 阴离子通道。通过理论计算对气相环境中U-2的拉曼光谱进行了模拟,所得结果与实验光谱高度吻合,这有力证实了类真空的 \mathrmC\mathrml\mathrmO_4^- 阴离子通道是真实存在的。以上结果表明,分子对称性在锕酰化合物电子结构和光谱构效关系研究中有重要意义,本文研究结果可为锕酰化合物的精确理论模拟方法提供重要指导。

     

    Abstract: In order to deepen the understand of actinyl compounds’ electronic characteristics and structure-to-spectra relationships, and provide valid candidates for theoretical simulations, two types of uranyl perchlorate crystals (UO2L2·2ClO4, L=N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-diglycolamide, shortened to TMDGA) were successfully prepared by controlling different growth conditions, designated as U-1 and U-2, corresponding to low and high symmetry, respectively. Crystal structure analysis demonstrates that U-2 crystallizes in the tetragonal system with space group I4/mcm, and its structure is remarkably consistent with previously reported NpO2L2·ClO4 and PuO2L2·2ClO4 crystals. The highly symmetric \mathrmU\mathrmO_2\mathrmL_2^2+ unit in U-2 exhibits strikingly distinct structural and spectroscopic characteristics compared to most uranyl complexes. A unique, orderly arranged “anion channel” of \mathrmC\mathrml\mathrmO_4^- ions is distributed around the \mathrmU\mathrmO_2\mathrmL_2^2+ unit. Bond length measurements show that the U=O bond length in the low-symmetry U-1 crystal is 1.743 Å. In the high-symmetry U-2 crystal, it is 1.741 Å. Correspondingly, the symmetric stretching vibration (ν1) of the uranyl group in U-1 is located at 863 cm−1. In contrast, this vibration significantly increases to 874 cm−1 in U-2. A negative correlation between U=O bond length and bond strength (indicated by vibrational frequency) is clearly revealed. The symmetric stretching vibration of the \mathrmC\mathrml\mathrmO_4^- anion in both crystals was precisely observed at 931 cm−1. No difference is found compared to its Raman shift in aqueous solution. In U-1, the intensity ratio of the uranyl symmetric stretch to the \mathrmC\mathrml\mathrmO_4^- symmetric stretch is measured to be approximately 1∶2. This ratio closely resembles that observed in aqueous uranyl perchlorate solutions. However, in U-2, the relative intensity of the uranyl vibration is significantly enhanced, and its intensity ratio relative to the \mathrmC\mathrml\mathrmO_4^- vibration becomes approximately 1∶1. This indicates that crystal symmetry profoundly affects the intensity of the uranyl Raman vibration. Theoretical calculations were performed to mimic the Raman spectrum of U-2 under gas-phase conditions. The obtained results are highly consistent with the experimental spectrum, and this consistency strongly confirms the existence of the approximately vacuum-like environment created by the anion channel. Moreover, it validates the reliability of the computational methods and structural models employed in this work. These findings demonstrate the profound influence of molecular symmetry on the electronic structure and structure-spectra relationships of actinyl compounds. Furthermore, the research conclusions in this paper can provide key guidance for the establishment of accurate theoretical simulation methods for actinyl compounds.

     

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