A mixed-metal uranyl aquofluoride, [(UO
2)
2F
8(H
2O)
2Zn
2(4,4'-bpy)
2]·(4,4'-bpy), has been synthesized under hydrothermalconditions and has been structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy,thermogravimetric analysis, emission spectroscopy, and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. It is one of the few uraniumfluoride-organic framework solids in which an organic molecule is directly incorporated into the extended structureof the metal fluoride and is the first example of mixed-metal uranium oxyfluoride incorporating an organic ligand.The structure consists of neutral layers of edge- and corner-sharing uranium-centered pentagonal bipyramids andzinc-centered octahedra, which are linked through 4,4'-bpy ligands into a 3-D framework. The
1H MAS NMR spectrumis in support of the conclusion that the occluded 4,4'-bpy molecules in the structural channels are not protonated.Crystal data: monoclinic, space group
P2
1/
c,
a = 9.4630(5) Å,
b = 22.384(1) Å,
c = 16.7534(8) Å,
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= 91.899(2)
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,
V = 3546.7(4) Å
3 and
Z = 4.